Reply to letter by Priori et al commenting on whether Behçet's syndrome patients with acne and arthritis comprise a true subset

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 305-306

  Hatemi, Gülen ^a   Fresko, Izzet ^a   Yurdakul, Sebahattin ^a   Ozdogan, Huri ^a   Yazici, Hasan ^a   Altiok, Enger ^b   Yenmis, Güven ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Acibadem Genetik Tani ve Hucre Tedavileri Merkezi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ACNE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRITIS; BEHCET DISEASE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; ENTHESOPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SACROILIITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY;

ACNE VULGARIS; BEHCET SYNDROME; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

EID: 74849090385     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.27181     Document Type: Letter

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