Clinical manifestations of Behçet's disease in 137 Italian patients: Results of a multicenter study

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Pipitone, Nicolò ^a   Boiardi, Luigi ^a   Olivieri, Ignazio ^b   Cantini, Fabrizio ^c   Salvi, Fabrizio ^d   Malatesta, Renato ^d   La Corte, Renato ^e   Triolo, Giovanni ^f   Ferrante, Angelo ^f   Filippini, Davide ^g   Paolazzi, Giuseppe ^h   Sarzi Puttini, Piercarlo ⁱ   Restuccia, Giovanna ^a   Salvarani, Carlo ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Potenza   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Prato   (Italy)

^d BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^g OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^h Ospedale di Trento   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beh et syndrome; Italy; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UVEITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; UVEITIS;

HLA B51 ANTIGEN;

EID: 15044350747     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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