Performance of existing diagnosis/classification criteria for Behcet's disease in Iranian patients: Analysis of 5666 patients and 2406 controls

APLAR Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 238-243

  Davatchi, Fereydoun ^a,b   Shahram, Farhad ^a   Nadji, Abdolhadi ^a   Chams Davatchi, Cheyda ^a   Shams, Hormoz ^a   Akhlaghi, Ma'ssoomeh ^a   Abdollahi, Bahar Sadeghi ^a   Ziaie, Naghmeh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Classification criteria; Classification tree; Diagnostic criteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33749182511     PISSN: 02190494     EISSN: 14798077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8077.2006.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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