Tacrolimus-induced encephalopathy in radiology

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 198-201

  Lux, Philipp ^a   Ringelstein, Adrian ^a   Hünerlitürkoglu, Ali ^a   Fritz, Lars Benjamin ^a   Mödder, Ulrich ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IDARUBICIN; IMATINIB; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DIALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 34547923180     PISSN: 09397116     EISSN: 16156706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-007-7023-3     Document Type: Article

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