High frequency of unusual gastric/duodenal ulcers in patients with Behçet's disease in Taiwan: A possible correlation of MHC molecules with the development of gastric/duodenal ulcers

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 516-520

  Ning Sheng, Lai ^a   Ruay Sheng, Lai ^b   Kuo Chih, Tseng ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; MHC; Peptic ulcer

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MELOXICAM; PREDNISOLONE; UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENETIC LOAD; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ULCER; TAIWAN; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BEHCET SYNDROME; DUODENAL ULCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH ULCER; TAIWAN;

EID: 30344466947     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-1083-z     Document Type: Article

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