Intestinal vasculitis in Adamantiades-Behçet disease presenting as acute abdomen

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1461-1463

  Hoxha, F T ^a   Hashani, S ^a   Krasniqi, A ^a   Pllana, M ^a   Komoni, D ^a   Pustina, B ^a   Sopa, R ^a   Zouboulis, C C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

^b DESSAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADAMANTIADES BEHCET DISEASE; ADULT; APHTHOUS ULCER; ASCENDING COLON; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; COLON PERFORATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; ILEUS; INTESTINE ULCER; INTESTINE VASCULITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NAUSEA; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA VASCULITIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS; VOMITING;

EID: 70449469410     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03257.x     Document Type: Letter

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