Electroencephalographic (EEG) findings in posterior reversible encephalopathy associated with immunosuppressants

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 620-623

  Natsume, Jun ^a   Sofue, Ayako ^b   Yamada, Akio ^c   Kato, Koji ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c CHUKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE TOXICITY; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONIC SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE;

EID: 33748033704     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738060210071201     Document Type: Article

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