Progressive tumoral calcinosis as the presenting feature of sarcoidosis in a patient on haemodialysis treatment

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2716-2719

  Naito, Takashi ^a   Nitta, Kosaku ^a   Kimata, Naoki ^a   Honda, Kazuho ^a   Yoshida, Takumi ^a   Koinuma, Miyuki ^a   Ikeda, Yoko ^a   Kato, Yoshiharu ^a   Nihei, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Etidronate disodium; Haemodialysis; Sarcoidosis; Tumoral calcinosis

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; ELCATONIN; ETIDRONIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIALYSATE; DISEASE COURSE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELBOW; FEVER; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HIP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEROLOGY; SHOULDER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; UREMIA; WRIST;

EID: 0033281629     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.11.2716     Document Type: Article

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