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Calciphylaxis in a dialysis patient successfully treated with high-dose vitamin K supplementation
Calciphylaxis has high mortality. Vitamin K deficiency is common in haemodialysis patients and may be a trigger for calciphylaxis due to its role in activating matrix Gla protein (a tissue inhibitor of calcification). We report the case of a 43-year-old female haemodialysis patient who developed cal...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070075/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30094016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfx126 |