Hypercalcaemia secondary to hypervitaminosis A in a patient with chronic renal failure

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-108

  Hammoud, D ^a   El Haddad, B ^b   Abdallah, J ^b  

^a Oklahoma University Health Sciences Centre   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Hypercalcaemia; Hypervitaminosis; Kidney failure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; RETINOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETINOL INTOXICATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84927784052     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2011.171     Document Type: Article

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