Calciphylaxis: A case report

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2008, Pages

  Strippoli, D ^b   Simonetti, V ^b   Russo, G ^b   Motolese, A ^a,c  

^a Alessandro Manzoni Hospital ^*  (Italy)

^b A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; Chronic renal failure; Ischemic ulcers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CALCIFICATION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BIOPSY; CALCIPHYLAXIS; CALCIUM; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEPSIS; SKIN ULCER; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 57449095363     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2008.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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