## Abstract ## Objective To determine serum levels of BAFF, a potent B cell survival factor, in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and relate the results to the clinical features of SSc. ## Methods Serum BAFF levels in 83 patients with SSc were examined by enzymeβlinked immunosorbent assay (
Elevated plasma levels of endothelin-1 in systemic sclerosis
β Scribed by Kazuhide Yamane; Heihachiro Kashiwagi; Nobuhiro Suzuki; Takashi Miyauchi; Masashi Yanagisawa; Katsutoshi Goto; Tomoh Masaki
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 252 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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