An international, web-based, prospective cohort study to determine whether the use of ACE inhibitors prior to the onset of scleroderma renal crisis is associated with worse outcomes - Methodology and preliminary results

International Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hudson, Marie ^a   Baron, Murray ^a   Lo, Ernest ^a   Weinfeld, Joanna ^a   Furst, Daniel E ^b   Khanna, Dinesh ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; SCLERODERMA; SCLERODERMA RENAL CRISIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

EID: 79955125541     PISSN: 16879260     EISSN: 16879279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/347402     Document Type: Article

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