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A Rat Orthotopic Renal Transplantation Model for Renal Allograft Rejection
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Enhancing brain lesions in a renal transplant patient
Margaret Moscato1, Kritsanapol Boon-Unge, Lucas Restrepo
1Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
The Neurohospitalist
|August 29, 2013
Abstract:
Neurologists should be familiar with the spectrum of central nervous system (CNS) pathology that renal transplants patients are prone to. We are presenting a case of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder of the CNS to highlight less commonly described imaging findings and review this disease entity.
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