CYCLOSPORINE-ASSOCIATED MUTISM IN LIVER-TRANSPLANT PATIENTS

Authors
VALLDEORIOLA F GRAUS F RIMOLA A ANDREU H SANTAMARIA J CATAFAU A VISA J TOLOSA E RODES J
Citation
F. Valldeoriola et al., CYCLOSPORINE-ASSOCIATED MUTISM IN LIVER-TRANSPLANT PATIENTS, Neurology, 46(1), 1996, pp. 252-254
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
46
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
252 - 254
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1996)46:1<252:CMILP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Four liver transplant recipients treated with cyclosporine developed a reversible neurologic syndrome characterized by a speech disorder lea ding to mutism. This complication, previously reported in a few liver transplant recipients treated with the immunosuppressive drug FK506, h ad not been described with cyclosporine. Recognition of this syndrome should prompt withdrawal of the drug and avoidance of unnecessary diag nostic procedures.