Calciphylaxis: A Pseudo-Vasculitis Syndrome

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 264-267

  Kyttaris, Vasileios C ^a   Timbil, Sukran ^b   Kalliabakos, Dimitrios ^c   Vaiopoulos, George ^d   Weinstein, Arthur ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

calciphylaxis; hyperparathyroidism; kidney failure; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BUSPIRONE; CLONAZEPAM; ENOXAPARIN; GENTAMICIN; INSULIN; MEGESTROL; NIFEDIPINE; OMEPRAZOLE; OXYCODONE; PREDNISONE; SEVELAMER; VANCOMYCIN;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; VASCULITIS;

BIOPSY; CALCIPHYLAXIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULITIS;

EID: 33846672706     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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