Background Behçet's syndrome is a systemic, relapsing immuno-inflammatory disease with a generalized vasculitis of the microvasculature endothelial dysfunction. Leptin, a recently discovered neuroendocrine hormone, is a metabolic peptide that appears to be involved. Serum proinflammatory cytokines u
Serum zinc is decreased in Alzheimer’s disease and serum arsenic correlates positively with cognitive ability
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- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 258 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1572-8773
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