Increased serum levels of TGFβ1 in children with localized scleroderma

• Main Authors: Krafchik Bernice R (Author), Feldman Brian M (Author), Uziel Yosef (Author), Laxer Ronald M (Author), Yeung Rae SM (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There are neither sensitive nor specific laboratory tests for measuring disease activity in localized scleroderma (LS). Monitoring is done almost exclusively by clinical assessment. Our aim was to determine whether serum concentratio...