Unusual evolution of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) one year after liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 588-590

  Chtioui, Haithem ^a   Zimmermann, Arthur ^a   Dufour, Jean François ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; GABAPENTIN; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DISORIENTATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLIOSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 18944380653     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20425     Document Type: Article

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