Sudden onset of calciphylaxis: Painful violaceous livedo in a patient with peritoneal dialysis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 622-624

  Funabiki, M ^a   Tanioka, M ^a   Miyachi, Y ^a   Utani, A ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CREATININE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; SEVELAMER; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WOUND CARE;

ADOLESCENT; CALCIPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR;

EID: 66449123882     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02999.x     Document Type: Letter

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