1. Calciphylaxis.
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Nigwekar, Sagar U., Thadhani, Ravi, and Brandenburg, Vincent M.
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VITAMIN K , *SULFATES , *AGE factors in disease , *BLOOD vessels , *DEBRIDEMENT , *CALCIPHYLAXIS , *DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis , *KIDNEY diseases , *PROGNOSIS , *DISEASE complications , *DIAGNOSIS , *THERAPEUTICS , *VITAMIN therapy - Abstract
The article offers information on calciphylaxis which is a complex disorder of microvascular calcification that is typically manifested as painful cutaneous lesions and results in poor outcomes. It mentions that Calciphylaxis occurs in patients with earlier stages of chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, and kidney transplantation. It states that extracutaneous vascular calcifications leads to skeletal myopathy, intestinal bleeding and visual impairment.
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- 2018
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