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Plasma endothelial microparticles reflect the extent of capillaroscopic alterations and correlate with the severity of skin involvement in systemic sclerosis.
Microvascular research - 1 Mar 2017
Michalska-Jakubus Małgorzata, Kowal-Bielecka Otylia, Smith Vanessa, Cutolo Maurizio, Krasowska Dorota
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INTRODUCTION AND AIM: Endothelial microparticles (EMPs) are membrane-coated vesicles shed from endothelial cells and are considered markers of the endothelial state. It has been shown that total numbers of circulating EMPs are increased in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), but their clinical correlations have not yet been investigated in detail. We aimed to assess possible relationships between circulating...
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