| Literature DB >> 16767559 |
Kenji Takagi1, Shinichiro Nishio, Kimiko Akimoto, Takumi Yoshino, Shinichi Kawai.
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We encountered a 62-year-old woman who had systemic sclerosis (SSc) complicated by idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH). She had a 10-year history of scleroderma and Raynaud's phenomenon. She also had pancytopenia, splenomegaly, and esophageal varices. Treatment with prednisolone and endoscopic variceal ligation resulted in improvement of her symptoms. According to our literature review, the prognosis of patients with SSc complicated by IPH is relatively poor. However, the factors that predict outcome of these patients have not been elucidated.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16767559 DOI： 10.1007/s10165-006-0479-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mod Rheumatol ISSN： 1439-7595 Impact factor: 3.023