Patient characteristics in behet disease: A retrospective analysis of 213 Turkish patients during 20014

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 411-418

  Alli, Nuran ^a   Gur, Gunes ^a,c   Yalcin, Basak ^a   Hayran, Mutlu ^b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Safranbolu Cad No 49 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EYE DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; ONSET AGE; PAPULE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; SEX RATIO; SKIN DEFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VASCULAR LESION; VASCULITIS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 70350331319     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: 11791888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11310880-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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