Effects of circulating endothelial progenitor cells, serum vascular endothelial growth factor and hypogammaglobulinemia in Perthes disease
Author(s) -
Hicabi Sezgin,
Birol Gülman,
Alper Çıraklı,
Abdulkeri̇m Bedir,
Dilek Usta,
Hüseyin Sina Coşkun,
Alişan Yıldıran
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2589-1294
pISSN - 1017-995X
DOI - 10.3944/aott.2014.13.0084
Subject(s) - medicine , hypogammaglobulinemia , vascular endothelial growth factor , gastroenterology , pathogenesis , endothelial progenitor cell , progenitor cell , stage (stratigraphy) , immunology , antibody , vegf receptors , stem cell , paleontology , biology , genetics
The aim of this study was to investigate Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (PD) pathogenesis by comparing absolute circulating endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) counts, serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) and immunoglobulins between PD patients and controls.
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