Serum levels of IL-4, IL-10, IL-12, IL-13 and IFN-gamma in Behçet's disease

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 602-607

  Aridogan, Buket Cicioglu ^a,d   Yildirim, Mehmet ^a   Baysal, Vahide ^a   Inaloz, H Serhat ^b   Baz, Kiymet ^c   Kaya, Selcuk ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Cytokines; Recurrent aphthous stomatitis; Th1; Th2

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 0042820179     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2003.tb00442.x     Document Type: Article

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