Chronicle of a death foretold: A case of catastrophic vascular Behcet's disease

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 457-459

  Planer, David ^a   Leibowitz, David ^a   Elitzur, Yair ^a   Korach, Amit ^a   Hiller, Nurith ^a   Chajek Shaul, Tova ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Behcet's disease; Computed tomography; Echocardiography; Immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

HLA B51 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BEHCET DISEASE; CARDITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DEATH; DETERIORATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL ULCER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MURMUR; HEMOPTYSIS; HLA TYPING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; RESUSCITATION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VEIN ANEURYSM;

ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BEHCET SYNDROME; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33947666649     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0166-1     Document Type: Article

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