Central neurotoxicity of cyclosporine in two children with nephrotic syndrome

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 276-280

  Taque, Sophie ^a   Peudenier, Sylviane ^a   Gie, Sophie ^a   Rambeau, Marc ^a   Gandemer, Virginie ^a   Bridoux, Laure ^a   Bétrémieux, Pierre ^a   De Parscau, Loic ^b   Le Gall, Edouard ^a  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b CHU MORVAN   (France)

Author keywords

Central neurotoxicity; Cyclosporin A; Hypercholesterolemia; Nephrotic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE; VALPROIC ACID;

AKINETIC MUTISM; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPOID NEPHROSIS; NAUSEA; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARALYSIS; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STEROID THERAPY; WHITE MATTER;

BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME;

EID: 1542359934     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-003-1347-2     Document Type: Article

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