Diagnostic Power of Galectin-3 in Rheumatic Diseases.

Ewa Gruszewska Bogdan CylwikEwa Gińdzieńska-SieśkiewiczOtylia Kowal-BieleckaBarbara MroczkoLech Chrostek

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2020)

We concluded that diagnostic power of serum galectin-3 is as great as CRP and ESR in rheumatic diseases and it can be a very good laboratory marker in RA and SSc patients and a useful tool in the diagnosis of SLE.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
systemic lupus erythematosus
newly diagnosed
disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis
prognostic factors
interstitial lung disease
systemic sclerosis
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
patient reported