Behçet's disease in patients of west African and Afro-Caribbean origin

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 876-878

  Poon, W ^a   Verity, D H ^a   Larkin, G L ^b   Graham, E M ^a   Stanford, M R ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; HLA B51 ANTIGEN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; TIMOLOL MALEATE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; BEHCET SYNDROME; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 0037784196     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.7.876     Document Type: Article

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