Decreased oxidative deamination of catecholamines associated with clinical scleroderma
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Decreased nailfold capillary density in limited scleroderma with pulmonary hypertension.
Approximately 20% of patients with the limited form of scleroderma will develop pulmonary hypertension which is generally a late stage fatal complication. Why pulmonary hypertension occurs in this subset of patients is unknown and it has not been possible to predict which patients are at risk. Nailfold capillary dilatation, distortion and drop occurs universally in patients with scleroderma and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 1964
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780070206