Tacrolimus-related polyneuropathy: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-294

  De Weerdt, Annick ^a   Claeys, Kristl G ^a   De Jonghe, Peter ^a   Ysebaert, Dirk ^a   Chapelle, Thiery ^a   Roeyen, Geert ^a   Jorens, Philippe G ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulins; Liver transplantation; Neurotoxicity; Polyneuropathy; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIMB WEAKNESS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PARESTHESIA; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREATECTOMY; POLYNEUROPATHIES; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 39749181729     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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