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  1. Dipartimento di Clinica Medica, Nefrologia e Scienze della Prevenzione, Ospedale Maggiore, Via A. Gramsci 14, 43100, Parma, Italy

    Giovanni Garini, Elisa Galletti, Augusto Vaglio & Carlo Buzio

  2. Section of Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

    Roberto Ricci

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Garini, G., Galletti, E., Ricci, R. et al. Calciphylaxis: evolving concepts. Int Emergency Med 1, 320–322 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02934772

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