Renal failure and hypercalcemia as initial manifestations of extrapulmonary sarcoidosis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 590-592

  Ponce, Carlos ^a   Gujral, Jaspal S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypercalcemia; Renal failure; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CASE REPORT; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXTRAPULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCALCEMIA; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; STEROID THERAPY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BONE MARROW; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; PREDNISONE; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 3042511700     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200406000-00016     Document Type: Article

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