Sabah Gaber Ali <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 
<br/><br/> 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 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Modified rodnon skin thickness score and disease severity scale Serum BAFF Systemic sclerosis