 CREST Syndrome
"CREST Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A mild form of LIMITED SCLERODERMA, a multi-system disorder. Its features include symptoms of CALCINOSIS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; sclerodactyly, and TELANGIECTASIS. When the defect in esophageal function is not prominent, it is known as CRST syndrome.
| Descriptor ID |
D017675
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.117.119.500.204 C14.907.617.812.500 C14.907.823.225 C17.300.799.801.500 C17.800.784.801.500 C18.452.174.130.204
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| Concept/Terms |
CREST Syndrome- CREST Syndrome
- CREST Syndromes
- Syndrome, CREST
- Calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, Esophageal dismobility, Sclerodactyly, Telangiectasia Syndrome
CRST Syndrome- CRST Syndrome
- CRST Syndromes
- Syndrome, CRST
- Calcinosis-Raynaud Phenomenon-Sclerodactyly-Telangiectasia
- Calcinosis Raynaud Phenomenon Sclerodactyly Telangiectasia
- Phenomenon-Sclerodactyly-Telangiectasia, Calcinosis-Raynaud
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| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "CREST Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Kounalakis N, Pezner R, Staud CL, Kruper L. Partial breast irradiation in a patient with bilateral breast cancers and CREST syndrome. Brachytherapy. 2011 Nov-Dec; 10(6):486-90.
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Fagan KA, Badesch DB. Pulmonary hypertension associated with connective tissue disease. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2002 Nov-Dec; 45(3):225-34.
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Van Hooser AA, Mancini MA, Allis CD, Sullivan KF, Brinkley BR. The mammalian centromere: structural domains and the attenuation of chromatin modeling. FASEB J. 1999 Dec; 13 Suppl 2:S216-20.
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Tuder RM, Cool CD, Geraci MW, Wang J, Abman SH, Wright L, Badesch D, Voelkel NF. Prostacyclin synthase expression is decreased in lungs from patients with severe pulmonary hypertension. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1999 Jun; 159(6):1925-32.
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