Behçet's disease associated with Trisomy 8 in a male Caucasian patient from Great Britain - A case report

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4 SUPPL 38, 2005, Pages

  Kuttikat, A ^a,b   Haskard, D ^a,b   Chakravarty, Kuntal ^a,b  

^a Haroldwood Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; THALIDOMIDE; HLA B51 ANTIGEN;

BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 8; DRUG COMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISOMY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GREAT BRITAIN; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; TRISOMY 8;

AZATHIOPRINE; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THALIDOMIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISOMY;

EID: 33644794201     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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