Tumoral calcinosis and calciphylaxis presenting in a dialysis patient

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2668-2670

  Jones, Gareth ^a   Kingdon, Edward ^a   Sweny, Paul ^a   Davenport, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; Hyperphosphataemia; Tumoral calcinosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MAGNESIUM CARBONATE; OXYGEN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR CALCINOSIS;

CALCINOSIS; CALCIPHYLAXIS; DIALYSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0345328190     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfg367     Document Type: Article

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