Acute renal failure and severe neurotoxicity following valacyclovir [1]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1593-

  Carlon, Riccardo ^a   Possamai, Clemente ^a   Corbanese, Ulisse ^a  

^a Ospedale S Maria dei Battuti   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VALACICLOVIR;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROTOXICITY;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COMA; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED; VALINE;

EID: 27744459411     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2808-9     Document Type: Letter

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