Uremic small artery disease: Calciphylaxis with penis involvement

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 258-261

  Handa, S P ^a   Strzelczak, D ^a  

^a Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; Small artery disease; Uremia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; GANGRENE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PENIS AMPUTATION; PENIS DISEASE; UREMIA;

AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CALCIPHYLAXIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FOOT; GANGRENE; HAND; HUMANS; IRON; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; NECROSIS; NOSE; PENILE DISEASES; PENIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; UREMIA;

EID: 0031691475     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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