Calciphylaxis in Man: A Syndrome of Tissue Necrosis and Vascular Calcification in 11 Patients With Chronic Renal Failure

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 1976, Pages 1273-1280

  Gipstein, Robert M ^a   Coburn, Jack W ^b   Adams, Donald A ^a   Lee, David B N ^c   Parsa, Khosrow P ^d   Sellers, Alvin ^e   Suki, Wadi N ^f   Massry, Shaul G ^e  

^a Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; SKIN DEFECT; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCIPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, SECONDARY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID GLANDS; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0017130403     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.136.11.1273     Document Type: Article

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