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Serum B cell - activating factor levels in patients with systemic sclerosis : Correlation with disease severity /

Sabah Gaber Ali

Serum B cell - activating factor levels in patients with systemic sclerosis : Correlation with disease severity / مستوى العامل المنشط لخلايا ب فى مصل الدم لمرضى تصلب الانسجة الشامل : علاقتة بشدة المرض Sabah Gaber Ali ; Supervised Manal Sedky Abdo , Hala Mohamed Raslan , Reem Hamdy A. Mohammed - Cairo : Sabah Gaber Ali , 2010 - 129 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

The aim of the present study was to assess serum BAFF levels in patients with systemic sclerosis and to correlate it with disease features , treatment received and disease severity . We can conclude that serum BAFF levels were significantly elevated in patients with SSc irrespective of disease subtype , disease duration or age of patients . This elevation in serum BAFF was significantly related to GIT involvement and MTX



Modified rodnon skin thickness score and disease severity scale Serum BAFF Systemic sclerosis