Polyneuropathy due to cyclosporine a in patients with renal transplantation: A case report

Renal Failure

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 528-530

  Sayin, Refah ^a   Soyoral, Yasemin Usul ^a   Erkoc, Reha ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

calcineurin inhibitor; Cyclosporine A; electromyography; polyneuropathy; renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; DILTIAZEM; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

CYCLOSPORINE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 79956283654     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0886022X.2011.573893     Document Type: Article

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