The effects of colchicine on neutrophil function in subjects with recurrent aphthous stomatitis [1]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 469-470

  Altinor, S ^a   Öztürkcan, Seralbercan ^b   Hah, M M ^c  

^a Sivas Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLCHICINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEUTROPHILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037592063     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00614_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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