Behcet's disease in Iran: analysis of 6500 cases

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-373

  Davatchi, Fereydoun ^a   Shahram, Farhad ^a   Chams Davatchi, Cheyda ^a   Shams, Hormoz ^a   Nadji, Abdolhadi ^a   Akhlaghi, Massoomeh ^a   Faezi, Tahereh ^a   Ghodsi, Zahra ^a   Larimi, Roghieh ^a   Ashofteh, Farima ^a   Abdollahi, Bahar Sadeghi ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Vasculitides

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDIDYMITIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENITAL ULCER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEX RATIO; SKIN MANIFESTATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958088180     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2010.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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