TY - BOOK AU - Doaa Hassan Sayed AU - Doaa Abbas Eid , AU - Manal Mohammad Kamal , AU - Somaya Anwar Hussein , TI - Evaluation of microalbuminuria in patients with systemic sclerosis as an indicator of early renal damage and increased morbidity / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Doaa Hassan Sayed , KW - Microalbuminuria KW - Renal affection KW - Systemic sclerosis N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation; Issued also as CD N2 - Systemic sclerosis (SSc) ia a generalized disorder of connective tissue characterized by thickening and fibrosis of the skin and by distinctive forms of involvement of internal organs . Renal involvement and systemic vascular damage have been show to significantly affect prognosis . It is often difficult to assess damage to the renal and systemic vasculature in systemic sclerosis patients ER -