IL-17A has an important role in the acute attacks of behçet's disease

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2136-2138

  Ekinci, Nurten Sayin ^a   Alpsoy, Erkan ^a   Karakas, Ayse Akman ^a   Yilmaz, Senem Buyukkara ^a   Yegin, Olcay ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17;

ADULT; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TH17 CELL;

EID: 77954759960     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.114     Document Type: Letter

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