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African American female with renal failure presenting with skin lesions: a case report

Calciphylaxis is a lethal disorder seen in patients with end-stage renal disease and is characterized by painful necrotic skin lesions. The pathophysiology is still unknown. Elevated calcium, phosphorous and parathormone appear to play a role in causing small and medium sized vasculopathy. Diagnosis...

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Autores principales: Rahman, Sajitha MF, Israel, Nejla, Markova, Tsveti
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830094
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8701