Presentation of reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome in patients on calcineurin inhibitors

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 886-891

  Burnett, Molly M ^a   Hess, Christopher P ^b   Roberts, John P ^b   Bass, Nathan M ^b   Douglas, Vanja C ^a   Josephson, S Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcineurin inhibitors; Hypertension; Immunosuppression; Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES); Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; ECLAMPSIA AND PREECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINEURIN; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049460399     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.07.023     Document Type: Article

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