Calciphylaxis: A poor prognostic indicator for limb salvage

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1275-1279

  Mureebe, Leila ^a   Moy, Manny ^a   Balfour, Erika ^a   Blume, Peter ^a   Gahtan, Vivian ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALVAGE THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AMPUTATION; CALCIPHYLAXIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SALVAGE THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035374378     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.115378     Document Type: Article

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