Clinical features of Behcet's disease in Egypt

Rheumatology International

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 641-646

  El Menyawi, Manal Mohamed ^a   Raslan, Hala Mohamed ^b   Edrees, Amr ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Oral ulcers; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EGYPT; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENITAL ULCER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; MOUTH ULCER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SKIN DISEASE; VASCULAR LESION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BEHCET SYNDROME; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ORAL ULCER; SEX FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 63349099972     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-008-0741-2     Document Type: Article

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