Corticosteroid-induced scleroderma renal crisis

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 459-

  Lee, Anita T Y ^a   Burnet, Simon P ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MODBURY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; METFORMIN; PREDNISOLONE; QUINAPRIL;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART SOUND; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETHARGY; LETTER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; SCLERODERMA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VOMITING;

EID: 0037152942     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04893.x     Document Type: Letter

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