Digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis: Prevention by treatment with bosentan, an oral endothelin receptor antagonist

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3985-3993

  Korn, J H ^a   Mayes, M ^b   Matucci Cerinic, M ^c   Rainisio, M ^d   Pope, J ^e   Hachulla, E ^f   Rich, E ^g   Carpentier, P ^h   Molitor, J ⁱ   Seibold, J R ^j   Hsu, V ^j   Guillevin, L ^k   Chatterjee, S ^l   Peter, H H ^m   Coppock, J ⁿ   Herrick, A ^o   Merkel, P A ^a   Simms, R ^a   Denton, C P ^p   Furst, D ^q   Nguyen, N ^d   Gaitonde, M ^d   Black, Carol ^p   more..

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD   (Switzerland)

^e ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^j ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k Cleveland Clinic Foundation ^*  (France)

^l LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^m University Hospital   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^p ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BOSENTAN; CORTICOSTEROID; ENDOTHELIN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ESOPHAGITIS; ETHNOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HAND FUNCTION; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SCLERODERMA; SKIN INFECTION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; ULCER HEALING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VOMITING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FINGERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN ULCER; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10444270963     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20676     Document Type: Article

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