Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed <br/><br/>
Serum matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) in patients with behcet's disease disease and its relation to disease activity and vascular affection /  
 مادة الماتريكس ميتالوبروتينيز 9 فى مرضى بهجت وعلاقتها بنشاط المرض والتأثير على الأوعية الدموية 
Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed ; Supervised Gaafar Mohamed Ragab , Badawy Elkholy , Abir Zakaria 
 - Cairo :   Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed ,   2012 
 - 163P. :   charts ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine 
<br/><br/> Objectives : Basic and clinical studies had revealed a strong correlation between matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) particularly MMP-9 and the formation of abdominal aortic aneurysms. In addition previous studies had clearly shown that MMP-9 plays an important role in the pathogenesis of vasculitis characterized by aneurysm formation such as kawasaki disease temporal arteritis and Takayasu arteritis 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Behcet's disease  Disease activity  Matrix metalloproteinases