Plasma long pentraxin 3 as a marker of endothelial dysfunction in early diabetic nephropathy

• मुख्य लेखकों: Amr A. El Meligi (लेखक), Alaa M. Abdel Hamid (लेखक), Manal A. Aziz (लेखक), Hemmat E. El Haddadd (लेखक), Marian F. Ishak (लेखक), Elham M. Yousief (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: SpringerOpen, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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ObjectiveThis study investigated the utility of measuring plasma long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) levels in the early detection of endothelial dysfunction compared with Von Willebrand factor (vWF) activity and flow-dependent arterial dilatation (well-known markers of endothelial dysfunction) in early diabeti...