Scleroderma renal crisis is still a life-threatening syndrome

Renal Failure

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 567-574

  Stratta, Piero ^a,b   Besso, Luca ^a   Ferrero, Stephania ^a   Canavese, Caterina ^a   Hollo, Susanna ^a   Ottone, Simonetta ^a   Sandri, Luisa ^a   Thea, Alessandra ^a   Mazzucco, Gianna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitors; Malignant hypertension; Progressive systemic sclerosis; Scleroderma renal crisis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029819765     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08860229609047679     Document Type: Conference Paper

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