Tacrolimus toxicity-related chorea in an infant after liver transplantation

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.
² Departments of Pediatric Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Ankara, Türkiye.
⁵ Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.

Fevzi Kahveci et al. Acute Crit Care. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;37(3):477-479.

doi: 10.4266/acc.2021.01431. Epub 2022 Aug 17.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.
² Departments of Pediatric Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Ankara, Türkiye.
⁵ Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.

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