Is scleroderma renal crisis with anti-centromere antibody-positive limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis overlooked in patients with hypertension and/or renal dysfunction?

Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-180

  Sugimoto, Toshiro ^a   Sanada, Mitsuru ^a   Kashiwagi, Atsunori ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE ANTIBODY; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; SCLERODERMA; SCLERODERMA RENAL CRISIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOANTIGENS; CENTROMERE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASES; SCLERODERMA, LIMITED;

EID: 38949107637     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2007.00892.x     Document Type: Article

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