Neurological complications after cadaveric and living donor liver transplantation

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 612-617

  Saner, F ^a   Gu, Y ^a   Minouchehr, S ^a   Ilker, K ^a   Fruhauf, N R ^a   Paul, A ^a   Radtke, A ^a   Dammann, M ^a   Katsarava, Z ^a   Koeppen, S ^a   Malago M ^a   Broelsch, Ch E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Immunosuppression; Liver transplantation; Living donor; Neurological complication

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CADAVER DONOR; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISCHEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREMOR;

ADULT; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745021664     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0069-3     Document Type: Article

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