Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis in a Renal Transplant Recipient: A Case Report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1751-1753

  Aboagye Kumi, M ^a   Yango Jr , A ^a   Fischer, S ^a   Donahue, J ^a   Morrissey, P ^a   Taylor, N ^a   Gautam, A ^a   Mendonca, C ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Gohh, R ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; CILASTATIN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 45449087537     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.11.073     Document Type: Article

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