Azathioprine in Behcet's syndrome

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 769-774

  Hamuryudan, Vedat ^a   Özyazgan, Yilmaz ^a   Hizli, Nail ^a   Mat, Cem ^a   Yurdakul, Sebahattin ^a   Tüzün, Yalçin ^a   Şenocak, Mustafa ^a   Yazici, Hasan ^a,b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASCULITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; BEHCET SYNDROME; BLINDNESS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031005104     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400425     Document Type: Article

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