Can specific vessel-based papulopustular lesions of Behçet's disease be differentiated from nonspecific follicular-based lesions clinically?

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 814-818

  Boyvat, Ayşe ^a   Heper, Aylin Okçu ^a   Koçyiǧit, Pelin ^a   Erekul, Selim ^a   Gürgey, Erbak ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUTROPHIL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAPULE; PREDICTION; PUSTULE; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, PAPULOSQUAMOUS;

EID: 33745601395     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02797.x     Document Type: Article

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