Serum Leptin Levels in Patients with Ocular and Nonocular Behçet's Disease
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Serum Leptin Levels in Patients with Ocular and Nonocular Behçet's Disease
AIMS To investigate serum leptin levels in Behçet's patients with or without ocular involvement compared with healthy subjects and the relationship between serum leptin and uveitis activity in patients with ocular involvement. METHODS Fifty-seven patients with Behçet's disease and 20 healthy control subjects were included in this study. While 27 patients had ocular involvement (18 had acute u...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mediators of Inflammation
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0962-9351,1466-1861
DOI: 10.1155/2007/31986