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

• Main Authors: Amr A. El Meligi (Author), Alaa M. Abdel Hamid (Author), Manal A. Aziz (Author), Hemmat E. El Haddadd (Author), Marian F. Ishak (Author), Elham M. Yousief (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...