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Increased advanced oxidation protein products in Behcet's disease: a new activity marker?
Background Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic inflammatory disease with unknown pathogenesis As various functions of neutrophils in peripheral blood, such as chemotaxis, phagocytosis and generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) increase in BD, ROS-mediated oxidative stress related to neutrophil activation may have an important role in the pathogenesis of BD