Neurologic complications after solid organ transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-278

  Marco, Senzolo ^b   Cecilia, Ferronato ^b   Patrizia, Burra ^a,b  

^a Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunosuppressants neurotoxicity; Neurologic complications; Organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; ETIRACETAM; EVEROLIMUS; GABAPENTIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PHENYTOIN; RAPAMYCIN; SEMAPIMOD; TACROLIMUS;

AKINETIC MUTISM; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ASEPTIC MENINGEAL; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BK VIRUS; BLEEDING; BLINDNESS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANDIDA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSESTHESIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOCAL DEFICITS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; INSOMNIA; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOMA; MANIA; MENINGITIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR WEAKNESS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOSIS; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NIGHTMARE; NOCARDIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PAIN; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TREMOR; TUMOR VIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VASCULITIS; VERTIGO; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 59249108951     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2008.00780.x     Document Type: Review

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