Penile necrosis in a haemodialysis patient: A rare manifestation of cholesterol crystal embolism

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3233-3235

  Mondragon, Pablo ^a   Descombes, Eric ^a   Bollmann, Jurg ^a   Fellay, Gilbert ^a  

^a Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMBOLISM; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NECROSIS; PENIS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031787686     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.12.3233     Document Type: Article

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