Gastrointestinal manifestations of Behcet's disease

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 144-154

  Bayraktar, Yusuf ^a,c   Özaslan, Ersan ^a   Van Thiel, David H ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Budd Chiari syndrome; Oral ulceration; Review; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; COLCHICINE; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; THALIDOMIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; AMYLOIDOSIS; APHTHOUS ULCER; BEHCET DISEASE; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VASCULITIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0034059233     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200003000-00006     Document Type: Review

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