An elderly man with confusion, hypercalcaemia and acute renal failure--an important diagnosis not to miss

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1468-1470

  Jayawardene, Satishkumar A ^a   Pattison, James M ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Granulomatous interstitial nephritis; Hypercalcaemia; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PREDNISOLONE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CONFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0033828657     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.9.1468     Document Type: Article

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