Epidemiologic and clinical aspects of Behcet's disease in a defined area of Northwestern Spain, 1988-1997

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 703-707

  González Gay, Miguel A ^a   García Porrúa, Carlos ^a   Brañas, Francisco ^a   López Lázaro, Luis ^a   Olivieri, Ignazio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^b SAN CARLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Incidence; International Study Group Criteria; Neuro Behcet; Spain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPAIN; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL ULCER; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; UVEITIS;

EID: 0343415684     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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