Acute leukoencephalopathy due to pyrimethamine. An insight into methotrexate neurotoxicity?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 201-203

  De Broucker, Thomas ^a   Leclercq, Delphine ^b   Jarquin, Sergio ^b   Henry, Carole ^a  

^a DELAFONTAINE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Drug toxicity; Folinic acid; Leukoencephalopathy; Methotrexate; Myelin synthesis; Pyrimethamine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; MYELIN; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMYELINATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; METHYLATION; MYELINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

DRUG TOXICITY; FOLINIC ACID; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; METHOTREXATE; MYELIN SYNTHESIS; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHOTREXATE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PYRIMETHAMINE; RETINITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888138247     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.09.032     Document Type: Article

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