Interrelated modulation of endothelial function in Behcet's disease by clinical activity and corticosteroid treatment

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Protogerou, Athanase D ^a   Sfikakis, Petros P ^a   Stamatelopoulos, Kimon S ^a   Papamichael, Christos ^a   Aznaouridis, Kostas ^a   Karatzis, Emmanuil ^a   Papaioannou, Theodore G ^a   Ikonomidis, Ignatios ^a   Kaklamanis, Phedon ^a   Mavrikakis, Myron ^a   Lekakis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; BEHCET SYNDROME; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35648947263     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar2289     Document Type: Article

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