Anti-inflammatory effect of mud-bath applications on adjuvant arthritis in rats

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 763-766

  Cozzi, Franco ^a   Carrara, Maria ^a   Sfriso, Paolo ^a   Todesco, Silvano ^a   Cima, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adjuvant arthritis; Anti inflammatory agents; IL 1 ; Mud bath; TNF

Indexed keywords

FREUND ADJUVANT; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; MALE; MUD THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; INDOMETHACIN; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; MUD THERAPY; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 11044233757     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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