Behcet's disease: Experience in a tertiary rheumatology centre in Singapore and a review of the literature

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 510-514

  Cheng, Yew Kuang ^a   Thong, B Y ^a   Chng, H H ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Singapore; Uveitis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STUDY GROUP CRITERIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOUTH ULCER; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; O DUFFY CRITERIA; ONSET AGE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TERTIARY RHEUMATOLOGY CENTER; UVEITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 4644329452     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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