Metronidazole neurotoxicity in late liver transplantation

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2020; 78(05): 311-312
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20190190

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Neurotoxidade por metronidazol em pós-operatório de transplante de fígado

Lívia Pinheiro de OLIVEIRA

¹Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brazil.

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¹Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brazil.

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¹Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brazil.

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