Scleroderma crisis: response to therapy.
Renal failure in patients with systemic sclerosis is usually considered irreversible. Presented are two cases of patients with scleroderma and deterioration in renal function, one of whom has responded to therapy which included immunosuppressive agents, plasma exchange, and control of blood pressure.
D000328:Adult; D005078:Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications*
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents