Endothelial functions in Behçet's disease

Rheumatology International

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 304-308

  Kayikçioǧlu, Meral ^a   Aksu, Kenan ^b   Hasdemir, Can ^a   Keser, Gokhan ^b   Turgan, Nevbahar ^a   Kültürsay, Hakan ^a   Doganavsargil, Eker ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Division of Rheumatology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Endothelium; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CELL FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

EID: 30744434375     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-005-0590-1     Document Type: Article

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