Prevalence of Behçet's disease in rural western Turkey: A preliminary report

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 4 SUPPL. 24, 2004, Pages

  Cakir, Necati ^a,c   Dervis, Emine ^b   Benian, Omer ^a   Pamuk, Omer Nuri ^a   Sonmezates, Nurdan ^a   Rahimoglu, Reyhan ^a   Tuna, Senay ^a   Cetin, Tolga ^a   Sarikay, Yusuf ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Haseki State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aphtous ulceration; Beh et's disease; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APHTHOUS ULCER; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DERMATOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; GENITAL ULCER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOUTH ULCER; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOLOGY; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATHERGY TEST; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; RURAL POPULATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ORAL ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TURKEY;

EID: 5444271833     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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