Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia with hypercalcemia and suppressed parathyroid hormone levels in a renal transplant patient [4]

Transplantation

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 639-

  Hung, Yao Min ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

AUSCULTATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEVER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENTILATOR;

HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644628517     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000185461.21901.5b     Document Type: Letter

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