Acute encephalopathy in a kidney transplant recipient following infusion of intravenous immunoglobulin
Li Wang
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorNicholas Larkins
Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorBenjamin Jung
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorNicholas H.C. Au
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorCherry Mammen
Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorLi Wang
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorNicholas Larkins
Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorBenjamin Jung
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorNicholas H.C. Au
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorCherry Mammen
Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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