Proximal calciphylaxis treated with calcimimetic 'Cinacalcet'

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 387-389

  Mohammed, Ismail A ^a   Sekar, Vashisht ^b   Bubtana, Abdullah J ^a   Mitra, Sandip ^a   Hutchison, Alastair J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; Cinacalcet; End stage renal failure; Haemodialysis; Hyperparathyroidism; Metastatic calcification

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALFACALCIDOL; ATENOLOL; CALCIMIMETIC AGENT; CINACALCET; OMEPRAZOLE; SEVELAMER; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; METASTASIS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NECROSIS; ABDOMEN; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FATALITY; HIP;

ABDOMEN; AGED; CALCIPHYLAXIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; NAPHTHALENES;

EID: 43549086476     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm676     Document Type: Article

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