Are clusters of patients with distinct clinical expression present in Behçet's disease?

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2 SUPPL.53, 2009, Pages

  Arida, Aikaterini ^a   Vaiopoulos, George ^a   Markomichelakis, Nikos ^b   Kaklamanis, Phaedon ^a   Sfikakis, Petros P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Clinical cluster; Greece; HLA B51; Pathergy reaction

Indexed keywords

HLA B51 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UVEITIS;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; UVEITIS;

EID: 70350165976     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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