Behçet's syndrome: A report of 41 patients with emphasis on neurological manifestations

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 382-384

  Farah, S ^a   Al Shubaili, A ^a   Montaser, A ^a   Hussein, J M ^a   Malaviya, A N ^b   Mukhtar, M ^b   Al Shayeb, A ^b   Khuraibet, A J ^a   Khan, R ^a   Trontelj, J V ^c  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b Mubarak Hospital   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Beh et's syndrome; HLA typing; Intracranial hypertension; Neurological manifestations; Prognosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN STEM; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MYELITIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; COLCHICINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID; WARFARIN;

EID: 0031594559     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.64.3.382     Document Type: Article

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