TY - BOOK AU - Rania Rafaat Adly AU - Adel Naguib Hanna , AU - Emad Emil Ghobrial , AU - Ramzy Elbaroody Naguib Anis , TI - Serum and urinary levels of transforming growth factor beta - 1 in children with vesicoureteric reflux / PY - 2010/// CY - Cairo : PB - Rania Rafaat Adly , KW - Serum and urinary levels KW - Transforming growth factor beta -1 KW - Vesicoureteric reflux N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - 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 ER -