Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a renal transplanted patient

American Journal of Case Reports

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 241-244

  Alparslan, Merdin ^a   Bora, Uslu ^a   Hüseyin, Koçak ^a   Ayhan, Dinçkan ^a   Gültekin, Süleymanlar ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean fever related amyloidosis; Intestinal parasitosis; Mycophenolate mofetil usage renal transplanted patient; Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMLODIPINE; CEFEPIME; COLCHICINE; EVEROLIMUS; LEVOTHYROXINE; MEBENDAZOLE; MEROPENEM; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OXCARBAZEPINE; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTESTINE INFECTION; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARASITOSIS; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SEIZURE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

EID: 84880088964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19415923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889260     Document Type: Article

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