Tumefactive demyelination, an uncommon form of tacrolimus neurotoxicity

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 672-674

  Kim, S H ^a   Kim, W ^a   Lee, K W ^a   Hong, E K ^a   Kim, H J ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ATAXIC APHASIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CRANIOTOMY; DEMYELINATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SHORT SURVEY; SLURRED SPEECH; TUMEFACTIVE DEMYELINATION; WEAKNESS;

EID: 79951643653     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31820c30af     Document Type: Article

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