Therapy of central pontine myelinolysis following living donor liver transplantation: Report of three cases

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 3960-3963

  Zhang, Zhong Wei ^a   Kang, Yan ^a   Deng, Li Jing ^a   Luo, Chuan Xing ^a   Zhou, Yan ^a   Xue, Xin Sheng ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Yin, Wan Hong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Hyponatremia; Liver transplantation; Myelinolysis; Pontine

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 70350510939     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3960     Document Type: Article

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