Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after liver transplantation

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 650-652

  Lindzen, Eric ^a,b   Gilani, Ajmal ^a   Markovic Plese, Silva ^a   Mann, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BRAIN; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISOLONE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 16844376950     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.4.650     Document Type: Article

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