Journal article
Longitudinal study of renal function in systemic sclerosis.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of renal disease and the course of renal function over time in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).
METHODS: We performed a multicenter, longitudinal study of 561 patients with SSc followed in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group registry. Renal function was measured by the estimated creatinine clearance rate (eCcr) using the Cockcroft-Gault formula. Longitudinal changes in renal function were …
Authors
Caron M; Hudson M; Baron M; Nessim S; Steele R
Journal
The Journal of Rheumatology, Vol. 39, No. 9, pp. 1829–1834
Publisher
The Journal of Rheumatology
Publication Date
September 2012
DOI
10.3899/jrheum.111417
ISSN
0315-162X