Cholesterol embolization in renal allografts.
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Cholesterol Embolization
In the two cases of multiple system disease due to atheromatous embolization presented, increasingly severe hypertension developed owing to renal involvement. One patient had acute pancreatitis from embolization to the pancreas. The second patient had mottling of the skin of the legs. Purple toes were present and gangrene developed in 3 toes. The possible influence of anticoagulant therapy in p...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1046-6673,1533-3450
DOI: 10.1681/asn.v7118