Hypercalcaemia and haemophagocytic syndrome: Rare concurrent presentations of disseminated tuberculosis in a dialysis patient

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 723-725

  Ko, Y C ^a   Lee, Chien Te ^a   Cheng, Y F ^a   Hung, K H ^a   Kuo, C Y ^a   Huang, C C ^a   Chen, J B ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Haemophagocytic syndrome; Hypercalcaemia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CULTURE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 4344625172     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2004.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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