Intralesional sodium thiosulfate for the treatment of calciphylaxis

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 946-949

  Strazzula, Lauren ^a   Nigwekar, Sagar U ^a   Steele, David ^a   Tsiaras, William ^a   Sise, Meghan ^a   Bis, Sabina ^a   Smith, Gideon P ^a   Kroshinsky, Daniela ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALENDRONIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CINACALCET; COLECALCIFEROL; COLLAGENASE; CYCLOSPORIN; MULTIVITAMIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHOSPHORUS; PREDNISONE; SEVELAMER; SILDENAFIL; SILVER NITRATE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INJECTION SITE DISCOMFORT; INJECTION SITE PAIN; LEG ULCER; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; ULCER HEALING; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

AGED; CALCIPHYLAXIS; CHELATING AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIOSULFATES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883176985     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.4565     Document Type: Article

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