Neuro-Behcet's disease: A masquerader of multiple sclerosis - A prospective study of neurologic manifestations of Behcet's disease in 96 Iranian patients

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-22

  Ashjazadeh, N ^a   Haghighi, A Borhani ^a   Samangooie, Sh ^a   Moosavi, H ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Behcet's syndrome; CSF; Iran, MRI; Neurologic manifestations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BEHCET DISEASE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELAPSE; SYMPTOM; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; IRAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ATAXIA;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037317131     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4800(03)80004-7     Document Type: Article

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