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Original Article

The role of resistin in Behçet’s disease: a Turkish experiment

Yavuz PehlivanDepartment of Rheumatology, Sahinbey Medical Center, School of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27310, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ahmet Mesut OnatDepartment of Rheumatology, Sahinbey Medical Center, School of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27310, Turkey
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Seydi OkumuşDepartment of Ophthalmology, Sahinbey Medical Center, School of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27310, Turkey
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Bunyamin KisacikDepartment of Rheumatology, Sahinbey Medical Center, School of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27310, Turkey
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Gazi ComezDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sahinbey Medical Center, School of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27310, Turkey
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Aysegul ComezDepartment of Ophthalmology, Sahinbey Medical Center, School of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27310, Turkey
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Fatih GoktepeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sahinbey Medical Center, School of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27310, Turkey
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Nurdan Ozlu CeylanDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27310, Turkey
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Pages 571-575 | Received 24 May 2011, Accepted 29 Sep 2011, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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