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OKT3 encephalopathy
Author(s) -
Coleman Anton E.,
Norman Douglas J.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410280618
Subject(s) - immunosuppression , medicine , brain edema , encephalopathy , computed tomographic , cerebral edema , transplantation , induction therapy , computed tomography , surgery , radiology , chemotherapy
OKT3 therapy for induction immunosuppression in a patient who underwent renal transplantation produced obtundation and quadriparesis associated with computed tomographic scan evidence of brain edema. These findings resolved over 3 days with supportive therapy and OKT3 withdrawal.
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