Calciphylaxis mimicking dermatomyositis: Ischemic myopathy complicating renal failure

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1634-1640

  Flanigan, K M ^a   Bromberg, M B ^a   Gregory, M ^a   Baringer, J R ^a   Jones, C R ^a   Nester, T A ^a   Klatt, E C ^a   Townsend, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 0031673806     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.6.1634     Document Type: Article

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