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Pomegranate juice may be a potential addition to anti-Behçet armamentarium: a hypothesis

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Behçet’s disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis. We speculate that local or systemic administration of the pomegranate juice may be useful in the treatment of BD. Immunomodulatory, antioxidants and antibacterial characteristics of pomegranate juice may rationalize this hypothesis.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Afshin Borhani Haghighi

  2. Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Mansooreh Bagheri

  3. Department of Neurology, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran

    Afshin Borhani Haghighi

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Borhani Haghighi, A., Bagheri, M. Pomegranate juice may be a potential addition to anti-Behçet armamentarium: a hypothesis. Clin Rheumatol 26, 1709–1710 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-007-0608-z

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