Calciphylaxis in two non-compliant patients with end-stage renal failure

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1061-1063

  McAuley, K ^a   Devereux, F ^a   Walker, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALCIPHYLAXIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0030926143     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/12.5.1061     Document Type: Article

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