Glucosamine for psoriasis?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 437-441

  McCarty, M F ^a  

^a Nutrition 21 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FISH OIL; GLUCOSAMINE; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0030960377     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(97)90043-8     Document Type: Article

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