Reversible brain MRI changes in acyclovir neurotoxicity

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1049-1051

  Blohm, M E G ^a   Nurnberger W ^a   Aulich, A ^a   Engelbrecht, V ^a   Burdach, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Brain; Gadolinium contrast; MRI; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 1842406022     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700790     Document Type: Article

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