Calcification of all four parathyroid glands in a hemodialysis patient with secondary hyperparathyroidism revealed by computerized tomography

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 328-329

  Peces, R ^a   Rodriguez M ^a   Gonzalez F ^a   Ablanedo, P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Hemodialysis; Hyperparathyroidism; Metastatic calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PARATHYROID DISEASE; PARATHYROID HYPERPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, SECONDARY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PARATHYROID GLANDS; RENAL DIALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034807370     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655901750425936     Document Type: Article

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