A child with Behçet's disease presenting with a spectrum of inflammatory manifestations including epididymoorchitis

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-80

  Pektaş, Ayhan ^a   Devrim, Ilker ^a   Beşbaş, Nesrin ^a   Bilginer, Yelda ^a   Cengiz, Ali Bülent ^a   Özen, Seza ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Epididymoorchitis; Myositis; Thrombophlebitis

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; SULTAMICILLIN; WARFARIN;

APHTHOUS ULCER; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MYOSITIS; ORCHITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHILD; COLCHICINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MYOSITIS; ORCHITIS; PREDNISONE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 41949110913     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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