Sirolimus-induced posterior reversible encephalopathy

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2039-2040

  Bodkin, Cynthia L ^a   Eidelman, Benjamin H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AZATHIOPRINE; CLONIDINE; CYCLOSPORIN; ESMOLOL; FAMOTIDINE; FENTANYL; FORMOTEROL; HYDRALAZINE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LOSARTAN; METHOTREXATE; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; SALBUTAMOL; TACROLIMUS; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOABLATION; DIPLOPIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 34249909528     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000264428.76387.87     Document Type: Article

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