Soluble CD40 Ligand Levels in Children with Newly Diagnosed Graves’ Disease
Kotb Abbass MetwalleyHekma Saad FarghalyDuaa Mohamed RaafatAsmaa Mohamed IsmailGhada Mohamed SaiedPublished in: Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology (2019)
This preliminary study has evidence of high concentrations of sCD40L in children with newly diagnosed GD and a correlation between sCD40L and both TRAbs and thyroid volume, which may indicate a biologically active role for sCD40L in the pathogenesis of GD.
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