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Iatrogenic calcinosis cutis after subcutaneous LMW-heparin administration in a hemodialysis patient

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  1. Clinical Department for Renal Diseases, Zvezdara University Medical Center, Belgrade, D. Tucovica 161, 11 000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Ana Bulatovic, Verica Stankovic-Popovic, Danica Vujic & Nada Dimkovic

  2. Division of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany

    Georg Schlieper & Juergen Floege

  3. Medical Faculty, Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia

    Nada Dimkovic

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Bulatovic, A., Schlieper, G., Stankovic-Popovic, V. et al. Iatrogenic calcinosis cutis after subcutaneous LMW-heparin administration in a hemodialysis patient. Int Urol Nephrol 45, 1239–1241 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-013-0433-z

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