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Front Immunol
August 2021
Dermatologic Unit, University of Genoa, DiSSal, Ospedale-Policlinico San Martino, IRCCS, Genova, Italy.
Objective: To identify the existence of a correlation among the various organs affected, focusing primarily on immuno-dermatological aspects, and to create a risk prediction model of organ-specific complications.
Material And Methods: Fifty-two patients with stable scleroderma, followed between 2015 and 2019, were investigated through an extensive multidisciplinary evaluation in the last year.
Results: Patients with lung involvement presented a worse degree of skin fibrosis than patients without it (p <0.
Pediatr Hematol Oncol
March 2019
c Host Research Team EA4607 SNA-EPIS, PRES Lyon, Jean Monnet University, University Hospital, Saint-Etienne , France.
This study consists of a retrospective study including 71 childhood leukemia survivors (36 females) treated with allo-HSCT 12 Gy fractionated total body irradiation (fTBI) conditioning, with a median age of 25.0 y at time of follow-up and a median delay of 14.8 y since the graft.
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March 2017
Katedra i Klinika Nefrologii, Dializoterapii i Chorób Wewnętrznych WUM, Warszawa, Polska.
Systemic scleroderma is a chronic, autoimmune disease of the connective tissue that involves skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscles and joints, as well as the internal organs: kidneys, lungs, heart. Depending on the extent it can occur as limited or diffuse clinical variant. In 60-80 % of patients with diffuse scleroderma, autopsy studies have shown pathologic changes in the kidneys.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFG Ital Nefrol
January 2012
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Molecolare, Facolta' di Medicina e Psicologia, Universita di Roma, Roma, Italy.
The classification and management of hypertensive crisis have been recently reviewed in the context of both European and American guidelines. The key points for proper blood pressure control in severe arterial hypertension are: 1 - Distinction between urgent intervention and emergencies 2 - Choice of the best drug(s) 3 - Choice of the correct route of administration. In patients with renal disease, beside the common causes of hypertension/ hypertensive crises, kidney-specific causes should be taken into account such as renal parenchymal hypertension, renovascular hypertension, sclerodermic crises, and preeclampsia.
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December 2010
Service de néphrologie-dialyse-transplantation rénale, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Maroc.
Sclerodermic renal crisis is defined as a severe arterial hypertension or rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in a sclerodermic patient, associated with anuria due to no other cause but systemic sclerodermia. It constitutes a rare and dangerous complication. The renal prognosis can be effectively improved by converting enzyme inhibitors, allowing a better arterial hypertension control.
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