Recurrent acute scleroderma renal crisis complicated by thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2469-2472

  Kapur, Ashok ^a,b,f   Ballou, Stanley P ^a,c   Renston, Jeffrey P ^a,d   Luna, Elduado ^a,e   Chung Park, Moonja ^a,e  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Internal Medicine

^c Division of Rheumatology

^d Division of Pulmonary Medicine

^e Department of Pathology ^*

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Scleroderma renal crisis; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

LISINOPRIL; PREDNISONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MYOCARDIUM; PANCREATITIS; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; RECURRENCE; RENAL ARTERY; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031454336     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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