Neurologic complications following lung transplantation

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 90-93

  Živković, Saša A ^a,b   Jumaa, Muhammad ^b   Barišić, Nina ^c   McCurry, Kenneth ^b  

^a VA Pittsburgh HCS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

CNS infection; Immunosuppression; Lung transplantation; Neurologic complications; Seizures; Tacrolimus toxicity

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CEFEPIME; CYCLOSPORIN; ESOMEPRAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63349104491     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.02.308     Document Type: Article

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