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Low plasma levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in patients with alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency-related fibromyalgia.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Feb 2010
Blanco Ignacio, Janciauskiene Sabina, Nita Izabela, Fernández-Bustillo Enrique, Cárcaba Victoriano, Gallo César, Alvarez-Rico Marlene, de Serres Frederick, Béridze Nana
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Abnormalities in blood inflammatory markers have been associated with clinical manifestations and the pathogenesis of the fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS); a relationship between inherited alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) and FMS has also been recently raised. In this study, plasma levels of infla...
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