Biomarkers of Scleroderma Lung Disease: Recent Progress
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Faye N. Hant & Richard M. Silver
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
This article reviews the clinical background and significance of selected biomarkers that have been studied in relation to systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, a devastating connective tissue disease whose morbidity and mortality are often related to pulmonary complications. Interstitial lung disease is the most common pulmonary manifestation in systemic sclerosis, and the search for a noninvasive biomarker to assess and monitor patients and their lung disease is a nascent and expending field of study. In this article, we examine the background and significance of a variety of selected biomarkers and assess their role in relation to systemic sclerosis–related interstitial lung disease
Curr Rheumatol Rep (2011) 13:44–50 DOI 10.1007/s11926-010-0143-9 Published online: 9 November 2010
