Neurological complications of liver transplantation in pediatric patients: A single center experience

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 152-159

  Erol, Ilknur ^a   Alehan, Füsun ^a   Ozcay, Figen ^a   Canan, Oguz ^a   Haberal, Mehmet ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute dystonic reaction; Liver transplantation; Neurologic complication; Pediatric patients; Posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTONIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAND TREMOR; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LETHARGY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; STUPOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREMOR; UREMIA; WILSON DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846581996     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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