Prolonged fever: An atypical presentation of Behcet's disease

Rheumatology International

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 839-840

  İnal, Salih ^a   Öneç, Kürşad ^a   Uludağ, Koray ^a   Derici, Ülver Boztepe ^a   Sindel, Şükrü ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; EYE EXAMINATION; FEVER; GENITAL ULCER; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79959992841     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1486-2     Document Type: Letter

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