Behçet's disease: Pathology

Behçet's Syndrome

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 215-241

  Demirkesen, Cuyan ^a   Öz, Büge ^a   Göksel, Süha ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acne vulgaris; Beh et's disease; Beh et's syndrome; Brain edema; Cardiomegaly; Dural sinus thrombosis; Encephalomyelopathy; Endarteritis obliterans; Folliculitis; Gliosis; Immune complexes; Leukocytoclastic vasculitis; Lymphocytic vasculitis; Meningoencephalitis; Micro abscess formation; Nodular opacities in the lung; Non parenchymal CNS involvement; Parenchymal CNS involvement; Pathology; Pleural effusion; Pseudoaneursym; Pulmonary artery aneurysms; Pyloric metaplasia; Right ventricular thrombi; Sweet's syndrome; Toxic megacolon; Vasa brava; Vasa longa; Vasa recta; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955810195     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5641-5_13     Document Type: Chapter

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