Ginkgo biloba extract: A novel addition to antipsoriasis ammunition?

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 316-317

  Pazyar, Nader ^a   Yaghoobi, Reza ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPSORIASIS AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRIC OXIDE; PREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GINKGO BILOBA; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSORIASIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CYTOKINES; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PSORIASIS;

EID: 84862071629     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0892     Document Type: Letter

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