{"title":"Extensive vascular calcification in diabetic uremic patient","authors":"Shang-Feng Tsai MD, Kuo-Hsiung Shu MD","doi":"10.1002/dat.20608","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"biopsy was performed for diagnosis. Many other diagnostic tools are available, such as plain X-ray, computed tomography (CT), and the aortic calcification index. Here we present a 72-yearold man with uremia who had been undergoing hemodialysis for 20 years; he was admitted owing to fever and poor wound healing. The role of skin biopsy is debated, due to poor wound healing and potential sepsis, and we","PeriodicalId":51012,"journal":{"name":"Dialysis & Transplantation","volume":"40 10","pages":"E1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2011-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/dat.20608","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Dialysis & Transplantation","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dat.20608","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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biopsy was performed for diagnosis. Many other diagnostic tools are available, such as plain X-ray, computed tomography (CT), and the aortic calcification index. Here we present a 72-yearold man with uremia who had been undergoing hemodialysis for 20 years; he was admitted owing to fever and poor wound healing. The role of skin biopsy is debated, due to poor wound healing and potential sepsis, and we