Evaluation of application of multiple needle pricks on the pathergy reaction

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-338

  Özdemir, Mustafa ^a   Bodur, Said ^a   Engin, Burhan ^a   Baysal, I̊brahim ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOUTH ULCER; PRICK TEST; PUSTULE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST; UVEITIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHILD; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; ODDS RATIO; PUNCTURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 41849126391     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03568.x     Document Type: Article

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