WCN25-3031 TACROLIMUS ASSOCIATED POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME (PRES) IN EARLY POST-TRANSPLANT PERIOD IN PATIENT OF BARDET-BIEDL SYNDROME: A RAREST OF RARE CASE
BARDET-BIEDL SYNDROME (BBS) IS A RARE GENETIC SYNDROME CAUSING RENAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE FORM OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND/OR RENAL PARENCHYMAL DISEASE, WHICH ULTIMATELY LEADS TO CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE (CKD), REQUIRING RENAL TRANSPLANTATION AND POST TRANSPLANTATION CARE IS AS PER THE STANDARD PROTOCOL WITH TRIPLE IMMUNOSUPPRESSION. TACROLIMUS IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS IMMUNOSUPPRESSION REGIMEN AND IT IS KNOWN TO CAUSE SOME SHORT AND LONG TERM SIDE EFFECTS. NEUROLOGICAL ADVERSE EFFECTS ARE RARE AND MILD, HOWEVER SERIOUS ADVERSE EFFECTS LIKE SEIZURES ARE EXTREMELY RARE.
Authors
- Balbir Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9143-3965)
- Suraj Godara
Institutions
- Gandhi Medical College & Hospital (IN)
- Mahatma Gandhi Dental College & Hospital (IN)
- Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Kidney International Reports
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2024.11.946
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Neurological Complications and Syndromes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47