Acute necrotic pancreatitis induced by severe hypercalcaemia due to tacalcitol ointment [2]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 576-577

  Knackstedt, C ^a   Winograd, R ^a   Koch, A ^a   Abuzahra, F ^a   Trautwein, C ^a   Wasmuth, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DITHRANOL; FUROSEMIDE; PREDNISONE; TACALCITOL;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS SEVERITY INDEX;

ADULT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIHYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROLS; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; MALE; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; PSORIASIS;

EID: 33846943632     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07658.x     Document Type: Letter

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