Behçet's disease and vitiligo in two brothers: Coincidence or association?

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Borlu, M ^a   Colgecen E ^a   Evereklioglu, C ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPIGMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE DISEASE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; UVEITIS; VITILIGO;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIBLINGS; UVEITIS; VITILIGO;

EID: 72549118181     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03359.x     Document Type: Article

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