Postural hand tremor before and following liver transplantation and immunosuppression with cyclosporine or taclimus in patients without clinical signs of hepatic encephalopathy

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-433

  Paul, Friedemann ^a   Müller, Jörg ^b   Christe, Walter ^c   Steinmüller, Thomas ^d   Poewe, Werner ^b   Wissel, Jörg ^b,e  

^a Königin Elisabeth Herzberge Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Bergmann Hospital   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Kliniken Beelitz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver transplantation; Tacrolimus; Tremor

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; TACROLIMUS;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAND DISEASE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; REST; SITTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREMOR; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACROLIMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 4043178424     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2004.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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