Faraway from the silk route: Demographic and clinical features of Behçet's disease in 106 Brazilian patients

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 543-546

  Neves, Fabricio Souza ^a   Caldas, Cezar Augusto Muniz ^a   Lage, Laís Verderame ^a   Goldenstein Schainberg, Cláudia ^a   Gonçalves, Célio Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beh et syndrome; Brazil; Epidemiology; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLINDNESS; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOUTH ULCER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AMERICA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; BEHCET SYNDROME; BRAZIL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 64449085363     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-1081-z     Document Type: Article

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