Lower limb skin ulcerations, intravascular calcifications and sensorimotor polyneuropathy: Calciphylaxis as part of a hyperparathyroidism?

Dermatology

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 423-425

  Buxtorf, K ^a   Cerottini, J P ^a   Panizzon, R G ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; Hyperparathyroidism; Leg ulcers; Livedo; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; LEG ULCER; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY;

CALCINOSIS; CALCIPHYLAXIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; LEG ULCER; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0032782960     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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