Bone scintigraphy of calciphylaxis: A syndrome of vascular calcification and skin necrosis

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 725-727

  Norris, Brian ^a   Vaysman, Victor ^a   Line, Bruce R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone Scintigraphy; Calciphylaxis; Renal disease; Soft tissue calcification

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG PAIN; MORBIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NECROSIS;

AGED; BONE AND BONES; CALCINOSIS; CALCIPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; NECROSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SKIN ULCER; SYNDROME; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 27644438749     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000182215.97219.72     Document Type: Article

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