Hypercalcemia from sarcoidosis successfully treated with infliximab

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-52

  Huffstutter, Jessica G ^a   Huffstutter, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypercalcemia; Infliximab; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCIUM; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOPENIA; LITHOTRIPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; SARCOIDOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863680359     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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