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Differential diagnosis of calciphylaxis in chronic dialysis patients

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  1. Nephrology Divisions, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Carlos G. Musso

  2. Dermatology Divisions, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Paula A. Enz & Alicia Kowalczuk

  3. Renal Division, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Mario Cozzolino

  4. Klinik für Kardiologie, Nephrologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Ludwigsburg, Germany

    Vincent Brandenburg

  5. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Sagar Nigwekar

  6. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Sagar Nigwekar

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Musso, C.G., Enz, P.A., Kowalczuk, A. et al. Differential diagnosis of calciphylaxis in chronic dialysis patients. Int Urol Nephrol 52, 595–597 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-020-02388-z

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