Hypercalcemia and suppressed PTH levels in a renal transplant patient infected with Pneumocystis carinii

Renal Failure

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 513-516

  Aguirre, Anna Rita ^a   Balbo, Bruno Eduardo Pedroso ^a   Ianhez, Luiz Estevam ^a   Da Costa, Maristela Carvalho ^a   Andrade, Lúcia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hypercalcemia; Pneumocystis; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; HYDROCORTISONE; LAMIVUDINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALCITRIOL; CAUSALITY; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 34248551017     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08860220701275014     Document Type: Article

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