Subcutaneous fat necrosis and hypercalcemia following therapeutic hypothermia - A patient report and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1185-1188

  Zifman, Eyal ^a   Mouler, Marie ^a   Eliakim, Alon ^a   Nemet, Dan ^a   Pomeranz, Avishalom ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; FAT NECROSIS; FATALITY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; MALE; RARE DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKIN NODULE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAT NECROSIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 78650566578     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem.2010.186     Document Type: Article

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