Mixed connective tissue disease: A case with scleroderma renal crisis following abortion

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1545-1547

  Celikbilek, Mehmet ^a   Elsurer, Rengin ^a,b   Afsar, Baris ^a   Ozdemir, Handan B ^a   Sezer, Siren ^a   Ozdemir, Nurhan F ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Mixed connective tissue disease; Pregnancy; Scleroderma renal crisis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; ENALAPRIL; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; JOINT SWELLING; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCLERODERMA KIDNEY CRISIS; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 34547578977     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0442-8     Document Type: Article

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