A necrotic skin lesion in a dialysis patient after the initiation of warfarin therapy: A difficult diagnosis

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 130-133

  Rockx, Marie Antoinette ^a   Sood, Manish M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcific uremic arteriopathy; End stage renal disease; Warfarin skin necrosis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DALTEPARIN; METOPROLOL; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCIFIC UREMIC ARTERIOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; GANGRENE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SUPERINFECTION; TISSUE FLAP; WARFARIN SKIN NECROSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CALCIPHYLAXIS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; SKIN DISEASES; WARFARIN;

EID: 77949913277     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-009-0325-3     Document Type: Article

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