Low prevalence of juvenile-onset Behçet's disease with uveitis in East/South Asian people

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1428-1430

  Kitaichi, N ^a   Miyazaki, A ^a   Stanford, M R ^b   Iwata, D ^a   Chams, H ^c   Ohno, S ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHOTREXATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH ASIA; UVEITIS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHILD; EUROPE; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE;

EID: 70350434340     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.154476     Document Type: Article

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