Sensitivity and specificity of different diagnostic criteria for Behçet's disease in a group of Turkish patients

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 266-272

  Dervis, Emine ^a,b   Geyik, Nazmi ^a  

^a Haseki General Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Diagnostic criteria; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CHENG AND ZANG DIAGNOSTIC CRITERION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DILSEN DIAGNOSTIC CRITERION; ENTEROPATHY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HAMZA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL STUDY GROUP DIAGNOSTIC CRITERION; JAPAN; JAPANESE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASON AND BARNES DIAGNOSTIC CRITERION; O DUFFY DIAGNOSTIC CRITERION; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UVEITIS;

EID: 19744362177     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00760.x     Document Type: Article

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