Renal complications and scleroderma renal crisis
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Renal complications and scleroderma renal crisis.
Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) occurs in 5-10% of SSc patients, who may present with an abrupt onset of hypertension, acute renal failure, headaches, fevers, malaise, hypertensive retinopathy, encephalopathy and pulmonary oedema. Patients at greatest risk of developing SRC are those with diffuse cutaneous or rapidly progressive forms of SSc, and treatment with a recently commenced high dose of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1462-0324,1462-0332
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken483