Early recurrence of neurocysticercosis after orthotopic liver transplant

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 490-491

  Hoare, Matthew ^a   Gelson, William T H ^a   Antoun, Nagui ^a   Alexander, Graeme J M ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AZATHIOPRINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISOLONE; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33645326861     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20643     Document Type: Article

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