Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive crescentic glomerulonephritis in scleroderma - A different kind of renal crisis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1886-1888

  Kamen, Diane L ^a,d   Wigley, Fredrick M ^c   Brown, Alan N ^b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Renal; Scleroderma; Systemic sclerosis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; MYELOPEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PENICILLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCLERODERMA; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEROXIDASE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 33748559482     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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