Calciphylaxis: Pathogenesis and therapy

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 245-248

  Worth, Richard L ^a,b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

CALCIFICATION; CALCINOSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SENSITIZATION; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 0031750458     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/120347549800200415     Document Type: Short Survey

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