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The mystery of black lungs in a patient with calciphylaxis

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  1. Institute of Nephrology, Zhong Da Hospital, Southeast University School of Medicine, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, China

    Wen Shi, Xiaotong Xie, Yuqiu Liu, Canlin Yang & Xiaoliang Zhang

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WS, XX, YL and CY were in charge of the patient. WS drafted the manuscript and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. XX and XZ supervised the work. XZ revised the manuscript critically. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Shi, W., Xie, X., Liu, Y. et al. The mystery of black lungs in a patient with calciphylaxis. J Nephrol 34, 1553–1555 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-021-01121-y

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