## Background: Behçet's disease has rarely been reported in association with myelodysplastic syndromes (mds). increased production of reactive oxygen species (ros) by neutrophils has a primary role in the pathogenesis of behçet's disease. however, decreased production of ros by neutrophils has freq
BehÇet’s disease associated with myelodysplastic syndrome with elevated levels of inflammatory cytokines
✍ Scribed by Hitoshi Hasegawa; Kikue Iwamasa; Nobuaki Hatta; Shigeru Fujita
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 252 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1439-7595
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