Nicotine-patch therapy on mucocutaneous lesions of Behçet's disease: A case series

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 501-504

  Ciancio, Giovanni ^a   Colina, Matteo ^a   la Corte, Renato ^a   lo Monaco, Andrea ^a   de Leonardis, Francesco ^a   Trotta, Francesco ^a   Govoni, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Cigarette smoking; Mucocutaneous lesions; Nicotine therapy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NICOTINE PATCH; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; TOPICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SKIN DEFECT; TENOSYNOVITIS; UVEITIS;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; RECURRENCE; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950536224     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep401     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Yazici H, Yurdakul S, Hamuryudan V, Fresko I. Behçet's syndrome. In: Hochberg MC, Silman AJ, Smolen JS, Weinblatt ME, Weisman MH, eds, Rheumatology. 3rd edn. London: Mosby, 2003:1665-9.
2. Silveira LH, McGrath H. Smoking controls symptomatology of Behçet's disease (Abstract). Arthritis Rheum 1992;35:12S.
3. Soy M, Erken E, Konca K, Ozbek S. Smoking and Behçet's disease. Clin Rheumatol 2000;19:508-9.
4. Scheid P, Bohadana A, Martinet Y. Nicotine patches for aphthous ulcers due to Behçet's syndrome. N Engl J Med 2000;343:1816-7.
5. Rizvi SW, McGrath H Jr. The therapeutic effect of cigarette smoking on oral/genital aphthosis and other manifestations of Behçet's disease. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2001;19(Suppl. 24):S77-8.
6. Kaklamani VG, Markomichelakis N, Kaklamanis PG. Could nicotine be beneficial for Behçet's disease? Clin Rheumatol 2002;21:341-2.
7. Sandborn WJ. Nicotine therapy for ulcerative colitis: a review of rationale, mechanisms, pharmacology, and clinical results. Am J Gastroenterol 1999;94:1161-71.
8. Baron JA. Beneficial effects of nicotine and cigarette smoking: the real, the possible and the spurious. Br Med Bull 1996;52:58-73.
9. Kalayciyan A, Orawa H, Fimme S et al. Nicotine and biochanin A, but not cigarette smoke, induce anti-inflammatory effects on keratinocytes and endothelial cells in patients with Behçet's Disease. J Invest Dermatol 2007;127:81-9.
10. Bridge RB, Hsiech L. Effect of cigarette smoke fractions on the chemotaxis of polymorphonuclear leukocytes. J Leukoc Biol 1986;40:73-85.
11. International Study Group for Behçet's Disease. Criteria for diagnosis of Behçet's disease. Lancet 1990;335:1078- 80.
12. Bookman R. Relief of canker sores on resumption of cigarette smoking. Calif Med 1960;93:235-6.
13. Shapiro S, Olson DL, Chellemi SJ. The association between smoking and apthous ulcers. A preliminary report. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1970;30:624-30.
14. Axé ll T, Henricsson V. Association between recurrent aphthous ulcers and tobacco habits. Scand J Dent Res 1985;93:239-42.
15. Bittoun R. Recurrent aphthous ulcers and nicotine. Med J Aust 1991;154:471-2.
16. Srivastava ED, Hallett MB, Rhodes J. Effect of nicotine and cotinine on the production of oxygen free radicals by neutrophils in smokers and non-smokers. Hum Toxicol 1989;8:461-3.
17. Alberg AJ. Cigarette smoking: health effects and control strategies. Drugs Today 2008;44:895-904.
18. Aramaki K, Kikuchi H, Hirohata S. HLA-B51 and cigarette smoking as risk factors for chronic progressive neurological manifestations in Behçet's disease. Mod Rheumatol 2007;17:81-2.