Hypercalcemia and elevated serum 1.25-dihydroxyvitamin D in an end-stage renal disease patient with pulmonary cryptococcosis

Renal Failure

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-338

  Wang, I Kuan ^a   Shen, Tzu Yi ^a   Lee, Kam Fai ^a   Chang, Hung Yu ^a   Lin, Chun Liang ^a   Chuang, Feng Rong ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Dialysis; Hypercalcemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; PAMIDRONIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE TURNOVER; CALCITRIOL BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMOBILIZATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM;

AGED; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; RENAL DIALYSIS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 3943063616     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JDI-200026720     Document Type: Article

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