Fatal calciphylaxis in two patients with giant cell arteritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 836-840

  Brouns, K ^a   Verbeken, E ^a   Degreef, H ^a   Bobbaers, H ^a   Blockmans, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; Giant cell arteritis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALENDRONIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; BISOPROLOL FUMARATE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CEFTAZIDIME; CELIPROLOL; CITALOPRAM; DIGOXIN; ENALAPRIL MALEATE; ESOMEPRAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; FUROSEMIDE; LISINOPRIL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENPROCOUMON; PHOSPHATE; VANCOMYCIN; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BONE PAIN; CALCINOSIS; CANDIDA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSULTATION; CORTICOSTEROID INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS; DEATH; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEG ULCER; LUNG EDEMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIPHYLAXIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 34147170556     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0366-3     Document Type: Article

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