A twin study in Behçet's syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4 SUPPL. 60, 2010, Pages

  Masatlioglu, Seval ^a   Seyahi, Emire ^b   Tahir Turanli, Eda ^c   Fresko, Izzet ^b   Gogus, Feride ^d   Senates, Ebubekir ^a   Oguz Savran, Fatma ^e   Yazici, Hasan ^b  

^a Haydarpa a Numune Research and Education Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beh et's syndrome; Concordance; Dizygotic; HLA B51; Monozygotic; Twin

Indexed keywords

HLA B51 ANTIGEN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; TWIN CONCORDANCE;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TURKEY; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 78049399717     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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