Serum amyloid A is a marker for pulmonary involvement in systemic sclerosis.

Inflammation in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a prominent, but incompletely characterized feature in early stages of the disease. The goal of these studies was to determine the circulating levels, clinical correlates and biological effects of the acute phase protein serum amyloid A (SAA), a marker of...

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Main Authors: Katja Lakota, Mary Carns, Sofia Podlusky, Katjusa Mrak-Poljsak, Monique Hinchcliff, Jungwha Lee, Matija Tomsic, Snezna Sodin-Semrl, John Varga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4321755?pdf=render