Encephalopathy and acute renal failure during acyclovir treatment;Encéphalopathie et insuffisance rénale aiguë au cours d'un traitement par aciclovir

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 160, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 704-706

  Delluc, A ^a   Mocquard, Y ^a   Latour, P ^a   Goas, J Y ^a  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Acyclovir; Herpes encephalitis; Toxic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONFUSION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIALYSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 3843141537     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-3787(04)71022-X     Document Type: Article

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