Serum levels of interleukins 2, 4, 6, and 10 in veterans with chronic sulfur mustard-induced pruritus: A cross-sectional study

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Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 205-209

  Panahi, Yunes ^a   Davoudi, Seyyed Masoud ^a   Beiraghdar, Fatemeh ^a   Amiri, Mojtaba ^a   Saadat, Alireza ^a   Marzony, Eisa Tahmasbpour ^a   Naghizadeh, Mohmad Mehdi ^b   Sahebkar, Amirhossein ^c  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b FASA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; MUSTARD GAS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKINS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSTARD GAS; PRURITUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84887143701     PISSN: 15409740     EISSN: 17517125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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