Toxic brainstem encephalopathy after artemisinin treatment for breast cancer

Ann Neurol. 2005 Nov;58(5):812-3. doi: 10.1002/ana.20620.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Infective Agents / adverse effects*
  • Artemisinins / adverse effects*
  • Artemisinins / therapeutic use
  • Brain Stem / drug effects*
  • Brain Stem / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes / etiology*
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes / pathology
  • Sesquiterpenes / adverse effects*
  • Sesquiterpenes / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Artemisinins
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • artemisinin