The role of IL-23/IL-17 axis in the etiopathogenesis of Behçet's disease

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1209-

  Leng, Rui Xue ^a   Chen, Gui Mei ^a   Pan, Hai Feng ^a   Ye, Dong Qing ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Etiopathogenesis; IL 23 IL 17 axis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 23;

BEHCET DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE;

BEHCET SYNDROME; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-23;

EID: 79952114778     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-010-1531-2     Document Type: Letter

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