RENAL INVOLVEMENT IN PROGRESSIVE SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS (SCLERODERMA)
Authors: R J LEVINE, B R BOSHELL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Article1 March 1960RENAL INVOLVEMENT IN PROGRESSIVE SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS (SCLERODERMA)ROBERT J. LEVINE, M.D., BURIS R. BOSHELL, M.D.ROBERT J. LEVINE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, BURIS R. BOSHELL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-52-3-517 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRenal involvement in progressive systemic sclerosis has been recognized for many years. As Osler1 observed, "The patients are apt to succumb to pulmonary complaints or to nephritis." More recently, even though this complication has received increasing attention in the literature, it frequently has been ignored. This fact prompted the authors to report the recent experience with this lesion at the Peter Bent Brigham and Robert Breck Brigham Hospitals.The classic picture of sclerodermatous involvement of the skin has been well known for many years. During the last 20 years, however, as the systemic manifestations have become the object of more...Bibliography1. Osler W: The principles and practice of medicine, 1892, D. Appleton and Co., New York, p. 994. Google Scholar2. BeigelmanGoldnerBayles PMFTB: Progressive systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), New England J. Med. 249: 45, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Goetz RH: The pathology of progressive systemic sclerosis (generalized scleroderma) with special reference to changes in the viscera, Clin. Proc. 4: 377, 1945. Google Scholar4. WeissSteadWarrenBailey SEAJVOT: Scleroderma heart disease, with a consideration of certain other visceral manifestations in scleroderma, Arch. Int. Med. 71: 749, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. 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(C), OTTO STEINBROCKER, M.D.Progressive Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma) 1 March 1960Volume 52, Issue 3Page: 517-529KeywordsFibrosisHormonesHospital medicineHypertensionLesionsMedical servicesNecrosisNephritisProteinuriaScleroderma ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1960 PDF downloadLoading ...