Spontaneous cutaneous ulcers in a patient with a moderate degree of chronic kidney disease: A different spectrum of calciphylaxis

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-183

  Hitti, Wassim A ^a   Papadimitriou, John C ^a   Bartlett, Stephen ^a   Wali, Ravinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcific uremic arteriolopathy; Calciphylaxis; Chronic kidney disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND CARE;

BIOPSY; BUTTOCKS; CALCIPHYLAXIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN ULCER; THIGH;

EID: 41349121610     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590701570599     Document Type: Article

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