We studied 22 patients with PSS who were treated with riifedipine for more than a year. The mean disease duration was 9.7 f 7.4 years. Digital ulcers were present in 12 patients when therapy was initiated. We wish to emphasize the dramatic beneficial effects of the drug on digital ulcerations; the u
Nifedipine and esophageal dysfunction in progressive systemic sclerosis. A controlled manometric study
✍ Scribed by André Kahan; Bruno Bour; Daniel Couturier; Bernard Amor; Charles J. Menkes
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 599 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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