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CASE REPORT

Successful Treatment Using Apixaban in a Patient on Hemodialysis with Uremic Calciphylaxis

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Pages 2329-2333 | Received 15 Jul 2022, Accepted 26 Oct 2022, Published online: 28 Oct 2022

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