Diffuse dermal angiomatosis associated with calciphylaxis

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 653-657

  Prinz Vavricka, Bettina M ^a,b   Barry, Catherine ^c   Victor, Thomas ^d   Guitart, Joan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; Diffuse dermal angiomatosis

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSE DERMAL ANGIOMATOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMATOSIS; CALCIPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349745738     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181a59ba9     Document Type: Article

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