Muscular involvement in Behcet's disease: Case report and review of the literature

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Worthmann, F ^a   Bruns, J ^b   Turker T ^a   Gosztonyi, G ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Medizinische Abteilung I   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Muscular disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MONOCYTE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0030202733     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-8966(96)00019-3     Document Type: Article

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