PRES (posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome), a rare complication of tacrolimus therapy

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 493-496

  Hodnett, P ^a   Coyle, J ^a   O'Regan, K ^a   Maher, M M ^a   Fanning, N ^a  

^a University College Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; MRI; Progressive reversible encephalopathy syndrome; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; TACROLIMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 72849130312     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-008-0782-6     Document Type: Article

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