Abstracts tagged "Behcet’s syndrome and adipocytokines"

Abstract Number: 2746 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Importance of the Serum Visfatin Levels in Behcet’s Disease Patients
M. Emin Enecik¹, Zeynep Ozbalkan², Goksal Keskin³, Sevinc Can Sandikci⁴ and Yasar Karaaslan², ¹Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Rheumatology Department, M.D., Ankara, Turkey, ²Rheumatology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ³Ankara University, Rheumatology Department, Prof., Ankara, Turkey, ⁴Ankara Numune Education and Reserch Hospital, Rheumatology Department, M.D., Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: It’s a known fact that serum levels of the tumor necrosis factor Alfa (TNF-α) interleucin-6 (IL-6) and other proinflammatory cytokines which are released from…