An unusual case of Behçet's disease presenting with postpartum ovarian iliac vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

Thrombosis Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hammami, Sonia ^a   Golli, Mondher ^a   Addad, Faouzi ^a   Hafsa, Chiraz ^a   Hamzaoui, Amira ^a   Mahjoub, Silvia ^a   Gannouni, Amor ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; FEVER; GENITAL ULCER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MOUTH ULCER; OVARIAN VEIN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PUERPERIUM; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUNISIA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33846699889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14779560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-9560-4-20     Document Type: Article

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