Hypercalcemia in Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 297, Issue 8, 1977, Pages 431-433

  Lee, Joseph C ^a,b   Catanzaro, Antonino ^a,b   Parthemore, Jacqueline G ^a,b   Roach, Brian ^a,b   Deftos, Leonard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Veterans Administration Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BONE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; HYPERCALCEMIA; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THERAPY;

EID: 0017718471     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197708252970808     Document Type: Article

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