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Fatal calciphylaxis in two patients with giant cell arteritis.

K Brouns1, E Verbeken, H Degreef, H Bobbaers, D Blockmans.   

Abstract

Two elderly female patients with fatal calciphylaxis, despite nearly normal renal functions, occurring during treatment for giant cell arteritis, are described. The possible mechanisms for this association are discussed.

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Year:  2006        PMID: 16871353     DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0366-3

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Clin Rheumatol        ISSN: 0770-3198            Impact factor:   2.980


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Journal:  Am J Med       Date:  2000-02-15       Impact factor: 4.965

2.  Sensitization to calciphylaxis by endogenous parathyroid hormone.

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3.  Systemic calciphylaxis presenting as a painful, proximal myopathy.

Authors:  C L Edelstein; M K Wickham; P A Kirby
Journal:  Postgrad Med J       Date:  1992-03       Impact factor: 2.401

4.  Calcification of the internal elastic membrane in temporal arteries: its relation to age and gender.

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5.  Medial arterial calcification mimicking temporal arteritis.

Authors:  Ahmed I Al-Absi; Barry M Wall; C Robert Cooke
Journal:  Am J Kidney Dis       Date:  2004-10       Impact factor: 8.860

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Journal:  Hum Pathol       Date:  1995-10       Impact factor: 3.466

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Authors:  C Korkmaz; E Dündar; I Zubaroğlu
Journal:  Clin Rheumatol       Date:  2002-02       Impact factor: 2.980

9.  Repetitive 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in giant cell arteritis: a prospective study of 35 patients.

Authors:  Daniël Blockmans; Liesbet de Ceuninck; Steven Vanderschueren; Daniël Knockaert; Luc Mortelmans; Herman Bobbaers
Journal:  Arthritis Rheum       Date:  2006-02-15

10.  Skin necrosis associated with acquired protein C deficiency in patients with renal failure and calciphylaxis.

Authors:  R L Mehta; G Scott; J A Sloand; C W Francis
Journal:  Am J Med       Date:  1990-03       Impact factor: 4.965

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Review 1.  Calciphylaxis from nonuremic causes: a systematic review.

Authors:  Sagar U Nigwekar; Myles Wolf; Richard H Sterns; John K Hix
Journal:  Clin J Am Soc Nephrol       Date:  2008-04-16       Impact factor: 8.237

2.  Update on cutaneous calciphylaxis.

Authors:  Uwe Wollina
Journal:  Indian J Dermatol       Date:  2013-03       Impact factor: 1.494

3.  Acral gangrene as a presentation of non-uremic calciphylaxis.

Authors:  Muhammad Hammadah; Shruti Chaturvedi; Jennifer Jue; Andrew Blake Buletko; Mohammed Qintar; Mohammed Eid Madmani; Prashant Sharma
Journal:  Avicenna J Med       Date:  2013-10
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