Pseudotumor cerebri following cyclosporine A treatment in a boy with tubulointerstitial nephritis associated with uveitis

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 558-560

  Büscher, Rainer ^a   Vij, Oliver ^a   Hudde, Tobias ^a   Hoyer, Peter F ^a   Vester, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal hypertension; Cyclosporin A; Macular edema; Mycophenolate mofetil; Prednisone; Pseudotumor cerebri; Tubulointerstitial nephritis with uveitis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UVEITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CHILD; CYCLOSPORINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UVEITIS;

EID: 2342521297     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-004-1429-9     Document Type: Article

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