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  • Title: Favourable outcome of scleroderma renal crisis.
    Author: Collins DA, Patel S, Eastwood JB, Bourke BE.
    Journal: J R Soc Med; 1996 Jan; 89(1):49P-50P. PubMed ID: 8709086.
    Abstract:
    Severe hypertension and rapidly progressive acute renal failure is a well recognized complication of scleroderma, often referred to as the renal crisis, and widely thought to cause irreversible deterioration in renal function. With the advent of angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACE-I) the outlook for patients with this condition has dramatically improved. We report here one such patient.
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