Progressive necrotic encephalopathy following tacrolimus therapy for liver transplantation

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 527-529

  Aridon, Paolo ^a   Ragonese, Paolo ^a   Di Benedetto, Norma ^a   Grasso, Giovanni ^a   Conaldi, Pier Giulio ^b   D'Amelio, Marco ^a   Savettieri, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Immune suppression; Liver transplantation; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CHOLINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DROWSINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JC VIRUS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 70449531498     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0149-0     Document Type: Article

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