Bilateral Elongated Styloid Process in an End-stage Renal Disease Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis: Is there Any Role for Ectopic Calcification?

Yildiray Sisman; Cumali Gokce; Murat Sipahioglu

doi:10.1055/s-0039-1697424

European Journal of Dentistry, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Eur J Dent 2009; 03(02): 155-157
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1697424

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Bilateral Elongated Styloid Process in an End-stage Renal Disease Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis: Is there Any Role for Ectopic Calcification?

Yildiray Sisman

^aAssistant Professor, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

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Cumali Gokce

^bDr., Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey

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Murat Sipahioglu

^cAssistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

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