Pycnogenol® efficacy in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 698-704

  Stefanescu, M ^a   Matache, C ^a   Onu, A ^a   Tanaseanu, S ^b   Dragomir, C ^a   Constantinescu, I ^c   Schonlau F ^d   Rohdewald, P ^d   Szegli, G ^a  

^a CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^b Clinical Hospital 'Gh Lupu'   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Lupus erythematosus; Pycnogenol ; SLE

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DNA ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FIBRINOGEN; PLACEBO; PROTEIN P56; PYCNOGENOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; DNA; FLAVONOID; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PROTEIN KINASE LCK; PYCNOGENOLS;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DNA; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTE SPECIFIC PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE P56(LCK); LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035542914     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.915     Document Type: Article

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