Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome: Diagnosis and management in the setting of lung transplantation

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 716-720

  Tsang, B K T ^a   Kermeen, F D ^a   Hopkins, P M A ^a   Chambers, D C ^a  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Immunosuppressive agents; Lung transplantation; Posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; EVEROLIMUS; GABAPENTIN; GANCICLOVIR; HYDRALAZINE; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; IRBESARTAN; LUNG SURFACTANT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; INTUBATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VISUAL DISORDER; WHITE MATTER; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650589902     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02314.x     Document Type: Article

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