作者: Rita de Cassia dos Santos Ferreira , Silvia Maria Lucena Montenegro , Ana Lucia Coutinho Domingues , Angela Pontes Bandeira , Carlos Antonio da Mota Silveira
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摘要: Background It is suggested that interleukin (IL)-13 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta play a role in the pulmonary vascular changes found animal models of schistosomiasis. The aim this study was to assess compare serum levels total TGF-beta IL-13 patients with schistosomiasis arterial hypertension (PAH) without PAH.