Calcinosis cutis following liver transplantation in a pediatric patient

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-228

  Larralde, Margarita ^a,b   Giachetti, Ana ^a   Kowalczuk, Alicia ^a   D'Agostino, Daniel ^a   Galimberti, Ricardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CITRATE SODIUM; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CALCIFICATION;

BILIARY ATRESIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CALCINOSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0038648579     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2003.20308.x     Document Type: Article

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