Elevated serum placenta growth factor (PlGF) levels in patients with systemic sclerosis: A possible role in the development of skin but not lung fibrosis

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-231

  Hamaguchi, Yasuhito ^a   Hasegawa, Minoru ^a   Tanaka, Chihiro ^a   Kumada, Sayako ^a   Sato, Shinichi ^b   Takehara, Kazuhiko ^a   Fujimoto, Manabu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

PlGF; Skin sclerosis; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; JAPANESE; JOINT CONTRACTURE; LETTER; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953139379     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2010.04.004     Document Type: Letter

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