The Relationship Between Disease Activity, Vegf, E-selectin Levels and Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases

Introduction:The endothelial damage, changes in vascular permeability and plaque formation are caused by the effects of cytokines and chemokines that plays role in chronic inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). It has been reported that arterial stiffness and the...

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Main Authors: Hüseyin Baygın, Gökhan Sargın, Taşkın Şentürk, Hakan Akdam, Mustafa Yılmaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2019-07-01
Series:İstanbul Medical Journal
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Online Access: http://imj.galenos.com.tr/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/the-relationship-between-disease-activity-vegf-e-s/29826