Case of Behçet's disease presenting with bilateral multiple pulmonary arterial aneurysms

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 216-219

  Kömürcüoǧlu, Bernaeren ^a,b   Gayaf, M ^a   Buyuksirin M ^a   Celikten E ^a  

^a Izmir Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Izmir Chest Diseases and Surgery Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Hemoptysis; Pulmonary arterial aneurysms

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPORINE; DAPSONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; EYE DISEASE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENITAL ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642485021     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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