Smoking and nicotine in inflammatory bowel disease: good or bad for cytokines?
Smoking has either a beneficial or harmful effect on the course and recurrence of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease respectively. Transdermal application of nicotine had similar effects in ulcerative colitis and therefore was considered to be an effective basic drug which could be further...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
1998-01-01
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| Series: | Mediators of Inflammation |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09629359891072 |