Evaluation of allantoin levels as a new marker of oxidative stress in Behçet's disease

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-64

  Yardim Akaydin, S ^a   Sepici, A ^b   Ozkan Y ^a   Simsek B ^a   Sepici, V ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UFUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIN; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MALONALDEHYDE; NITROGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ALLANTOIN; BEHCET SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS;

EID: 32644456281     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740510026878     Document Type: Article

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