Behçet's syndrome is not so rare: Why do we need to know?

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3640-3643

  Yazici, Hasan ^a,b   Seyahi, Emire ^a   Yurdakul, Sebahattin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B51 ANTIGEN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN; BEHCET DISEASE; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; POLYARTERITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

BEHCET SYNDROME; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 57349095452     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24146     Document Type: Editorial

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