American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages A29-A30 , January 2008

Quiz Page January 2008: Altered Mental Status in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Receiving Tacrolimus

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 Case provided and authored by Vivek Soi, MD, Vanji Karthikeyan, MD, and Ravi Parasuraman, MD, Department of Nephrology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.

 Support: None.

 Financial Disclosure: None.

PII: S0272-6386(07)01356-X

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.10.004

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages A29-A30 , January 2008

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