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Serum and urinary levels of transforming growth factor beta - 1 in children with vesicoureteric reflux /

Rania Rafaat Adly

Serum and urinary levels of transforming growth factor beta - 1 in children with vesicoureteric reflux / مستوى عامل النمو المحول بيتا واحد فى البول والدم للأطفال الذين يعانون من ارتجاع البول من المثانة للحالب Rania Rafaat Adly ; Supervised Ramzy Elbaroody Naguib Anis , Adel Naguib Hanna , Emad Emil Ghobrial - Cairo : Rania Rafaat Adly , 2010 - 165P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics

Transforming growth factor beta - 1 (TGF - Ý1) is a peptide of low molecular weight and has pleiotropic action . In the kidneys it dtimulates fibrogenesis through enhanced production of ECM proteins . The aim of this study is to measure the level of TGF - Ý1 in serum and urine of children with different grades of vesicoureteric reflux (VUR ) and to assess its diagnostic significance in the diagnosis of VUR



Serum and urinary levels Transforming growth factor beta -1 Vesicoureteric reflux