Decreased nitric oxide production in patients with Behcet's disease

Dermatology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-36

  Örem, Asim ^a,b   Vanizor, B ^a   Cimsit G ^a   Kiran, E ^a   Deger O ^a   Malkoc M ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ADULT; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; BEHCET SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES;

EID: 0141589276     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018061     Document Type: Article

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