Article
Circulating endothelial progenitor cells in systemic sclerosis: association with disease severity.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Oct 2008
Avouac J, Juin F, Wipff J, Couraud P O, Chiocchia G, Kahan A, Boileau C, Uzan G, Allanore Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Heterogeneous data have been reported regarding the detection and number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in systemic sclerosis (SSc). OBJECTIVE: We investigated the number of circulating EPCs using recent recommendations and we quantified their late outgrowth in pat...
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