Percutaneous delivery of thalidomide and its N-alkyl analogues for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis / Colleen Goosen
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease associated with high levels of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-a) in synovial fluid and synovial tissue (Saxne et al., 1989). Thalidomide is a proven inhibitor of the biological synthesis of TNF-a (Sampaio et al., 1991) and is belie...
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Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education
2009
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1598 |