Calciphylaxia due to poor compliance in a child with end stage renal disease: A case report

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-98

  Toprak, Demet ^a,b   Bircan, Zelal ^a   Gokalp, Ayse Sevim ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; Childhood; End stage renal failure

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ACETATE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE BINDING AGENT; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; PAIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ULCER; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARENT; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

CALCIPHYLAXIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PARENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 14644391500     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2005.02019.x     Document Type: Article

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