Brain calcinosis in a dialysis patient with hypoparathyroidism

NDT Plus

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-40

  Gionanlis, Lazaros ^a,c   Vainas, Andreas ^b   Bamihas, Gerasimos ^a   Veneti, Panagiota ^a   Sobolos, Kostas ^a  

^a G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b 424 General Army Hospital   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain calcinosis; Haemodialysis; Hypoparathyroidism; Intracranial calcifications; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ALFACALCIDOL; THYROID HORMONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GOITER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 39749166936     PISSN: 17530784     EISSN: 17530792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfm025     Document Type: Article

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