Renal parenchymal thickness in scleroderma patients is related to intrarenal haemodynamic parameters and Raynaud's renal phenomenon.

CONCLUSION: In SSc, kidney involvement is subclinical and is related to vascular injury, Raynaud's phenomenon and chronic hypoxia that can modify renal morphology. Serum creatinine is a poor marker of renal damage and renal US could be a useful tool - together with Doppler - to evaluate renal involvement in a systemic and chronic disease like systemic sclerosis. PMID: 31203218 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: J Rheumatol - Category: Rheumatology Authors: Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research