Behçet's disease in patients of German and Turkish origin - A comparative study

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 528, Issue , 2003, Pages 53-58

  Kötter, Ina ^a   Vonthein, Reinhard ^b   Günaydin, Ilhan ^a   Müller, Claudia ^c   Kanz, Lothar ^a   Zierhut, Manfred ^b   Stübiger, Nicole ^b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine II (Hematology Oncology Immunology Rheumatology)   (United States)

^b Department of Medical Biometry ^*  (Germany)

^c Section of Transplantation Immunology and Immunohaematology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B51 ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA BW51; HLA-BW51;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

BEHCET SYNDROME; FEMALE; GERMANY; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 17144467253     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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