Development of calciphylaxis after long-term steroid and methotroxate use in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1178-1181

  Ozbalkan, Zeynep ^a,b   Calguneri, Meral ^a   Onat, A Mesut ^a   Ozturk, M Akif ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; Methotrexate; Rheumatoid arthritis; Steroid

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEPSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SUBLUXATION; TREATMENT DURATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG COMBINATION; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CALCIPHYLAXIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644835603     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.1178     Document Type: Article

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