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Cerebral Vasculitis During FK 506 Treatment in a Liver Transplant Patient Neurol 50:1154-1157, Pizzolato,G.P.,et al, 1998 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract The immunosuppressive agent FK 506 is widely used in the liver transplant patients.Neurotoxicity is a major complication of its use.We report progressive and irreversible neurologic complications occurring in a 39 year old woman who underwent liver transplantation and was treated with FK 506.Neuropathologic examination revealed multiple vasculitic lesions.The possibility of an FK 506-mediated toxic effect on the cerebral vessels is suggested.

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