Systemic Sclerosis Scleroderma-like Syndromes

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Severe fibrosis and increased expression of fibrogenic cytokines in the gastric wall of systemic sclerosis patients

  1. Mirko Manetti1,4,5,
  2. Elena Neumann2,6,
  3. Anna Franca Milia3,
  4. Ingo H. Tarner2,6,
  5. Paolo Bechi3,
  6. Marco Matucci-Cerinic3,
  7. Lidia Ibba-Manneschi3,*,
  8. Ulf Müller-Ladner2,6,*

Article first published online: 28 SEP 2007

DOI: 10.1002/art.22940

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Arthritis & Rheumatism

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Volume 56, Issue 10, pages 3442–3447, October 2007

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Manetti, M., Neumann, E., Milia, A. F., Tarner, I. H., Bechi, P., Matucci-Cerinic, M., Ibba-Manneschi, L. and Müller-Ladner, U. (2007), Severe fibrosis and increased expression of fibrogenic cytokines in the gastric wall of systemic sclerosis patients. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 56: 3442–3447. doi: 10.1002/art.22940

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  1. 1

    University of Florence, Florence, Italy

  2. 2

    Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

  3. 3

    University of Florence, Florence, Italy

  4. 4

    Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

  5. 5

    Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany

  6. 6

    Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany

*University of Florence, Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Forensic Medicine, Viale G. B. Morgagni 85, 50134 Florence, Italy

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 SEP 2007
  2. Article first published online: 28 SEP 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 29 JUN 2007
  4. Manuscript Received: 19 APR 2007

Funded by

  • Ministero Italiano dell'Università e della Ricerca
  • Associazione per lo Studio della Sclerosi Sistemica e delle Malattie Fibrosanti
  • German Ministry of Education and Research/German Network for Systemic Sclerosis

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