A case of behçet’s disease with esophageal ulcers complicated with systemic sclerosis, chronic hepatitis C, and pancytopenia

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 164-170

  Yokota, Kazuhiro ^a   Hirano, Motoharu ^a   Akiba, Haruhiko ^a   Adachi, Daisuke ^a   Takeishi, Michio ^a   Akiyama, Yuji ^a   Mimura, Toshihide ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beh et s disease; Chronic hepatitis; Esophageal ulcer; Pancytopenia; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCYTOPENIA; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; ULCER;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BEHCET SYNDROME; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCYTOPENIA; PREDNISOLONE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; ULCER;

EID: 4143101551     PISSN: 09114300     EISSN: 13497413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.27.164     Document Type: Article

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