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Serum interleukin-18 levels in patients with Behçet’s disease. Is its expression associated with disease activity or clinical presentations?

✍ Scribed by U. Musabak; S. Pay; H. Erdem; I. Simsek; A. Pekel; A. Dinc; A. Sengul

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Weight: 237 KB
Volume: 26
Category: Article
ISSN: 0172-8172
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-005-0029-8

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