Possible causes of central pontine myelinolysis after liver transplantation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 2540-2543

  Yu, Jun ^a   Zheng, Shu Sen ^a   Liang, Ting Bo ^a   Shen, Yan ^a   Wang, Wei Lin ^a   Ke, Qing Hong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM; CYCLOSPORIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLARITY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM;

EID: 4444236439     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i17.2540     Document Type: Article

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