Acute encephalopathy in a kidney transplant recipient following infusion of intravenous immunoglobulin

Transplant International

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2014, Pages e115-e117

  Wang, Li ^a   Larkins, Nicholas ^a   Jung, Benjamin ^a   Au, Nicholas H C ^a   Mammen, Cherry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCINE; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTULOSE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; TACROLIMUS; UREA;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION; ASCITES; ATROPHY; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CAROLI DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CHRONIC TUBULAR ATROPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MILD HEPATIC IMPAIRMENT; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027942306     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tri.12384     Document Type: Letter

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