Behçet's disease in Lebanon: Clinical profile, severity and two-decade comparison

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 364-367

  Hamdan, Ayad ^a   Mansour, Wissam ^a   Uthman, Imad ^a   Masri, Abdel Fattah ^a   Nasr, Fouad ^a   Arayssi, Thurayya ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Clinical manifestations; Epidemiology; Severity; Two decade comparison

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH ULCER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABIA; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 33645784601     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0058-4     Document Type: Article

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