Short communication: Omega-3, -6 atty acids in the improvement of psoriatic symptoms

Seminars in Integrative Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 211-214

  Iliev, Emil ^a   Tsankov, N ^a   Broshtilova, Valentina ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSANOID; LINOLENIC ACID; LIPID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; THERAFLAX;

ANALGESIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DYSPEPSIA; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PSORIASIS; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN DISEASE; STOMACH DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 5144230502     PISSN: 15431150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1543-1150(03)00062-0     Document Type: Article

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