Rapid reversal of uremic neuropathy following renal transplantation in an adolescent

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Ho, Doreen T ^a,b   Rodig, Nancy M ^c   Kim, Heung B ^c   Lidov, Hart G W ^c   Shapiro, Frederic D ^c   Raju, G Praveen ^d   Kang, Peter B ^c  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

neuropathy; renal failure; renal transplantation; uremia

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ENALAPRIL; IRON; LOSARTAN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NIFEDIPINE; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; POTASSIUM; PREDNISONE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TACROLIMUS; TRIMETHOPRIM; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEG CRAMP; LIMB WEAKNESS; MYELIN SHEATH; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; SURAL NERVE; TREATMENT DURATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; UREMIC POLYNEUROPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; AXONS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHIES; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; SURAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREMIA;

EID: 84866735072     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2011.01630.x     Document Type: Article

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