Therapeutic alternatives in Behçet's syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-153

  Cobellis, L ^a   Pecori, E ^a   Rigatti, F ^a   Rotondi, M ^a,b   Scaffa, C ^a   De Lucia, E ^a   Messalli, E M ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beh et's syndrome; Systemic vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; CLOBETASOL; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; VAGINA; VASCULITIS; VULVA;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BEHCET SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDNISONE; SULFASALAZINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA; VASCULITIS; VULVA;

EID: 34948867662     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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