Calciphylaxis following kidney transplantation: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hanvesakul, Rajesh ^a   Silva, Michael A ^a   Hejmadi, Rahul ^a   Mellor, Steve ^a   Ready, Andrew R ^a   Cockwell, Paul ^a   Inston, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; MEROPENEM;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; GANGRENE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CALCIFICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 72449207655     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-9297     Document Type: Article

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