The global burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising, with more than 800 million people affected worldwide. Vascular diseases in patients with CKD are unique and grouped as uremic vascular ...

Calciphylaxis is a rare disease that mostly affects people who suffer from kidney failure. If you have this disease, your body creates calcium deposits in your blood vessels. These deposits block ...

Calciphylaxis is a rare condition where an excess of calcium forms in a person’s blood vessels and arteries. This buildup can cause clotting and result in severely painful skin lesions. Calciphylaxis ...

In a case-control study, unintentional weight loss within 6 months emerged as a new calciphylaxis risk factor in hemodialysis patients. Unintentional weight loss, obesity, and use of vitamin K ...

Calciphylaxis (calcific uremic arteriolopathy) is a rare and poorly understood disease which demonstrates a challenge for different specialities. Media calcifications of arterioles and fat tissue are ...

Calciphylaxis is a kidney complication causing calcium buildup inside fat and skin blood vessels. It leads to painful skin lesions and often causes serious infection. Clinical trials are investigating ...