Calciphylaxis in chronic renal failure

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 978-982

  Budisavljevic, Milos N ^a   Cheek, DeAnna ^a   Ploth, David W ^a,b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; SEPSIS; SKIN ULCER; SUPERINFECTION; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030357991     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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