Calciphylaxis associated with chronic inflammatory conditions, immunosuppression therapy, and normal renal function: A report of 2 cases

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 723-725

  Swanson, Allison M ^b   Desai, Seemal R ^b   Jackson, Jeremy D ^b   Andea, Aleodor A ^b   Hughey, Lauren C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER;

CALCIPHYLAXIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67449132361     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.103     Document Type: Letter

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