Diagnostic value of pathergy test in Behcet's disease according to the change of incidence over the time

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1151-1155

  Davatchi, Fereydoun ^a   Chams Davatchi, Cheyda ^a   Ghodsi, Zahra ^a   Shahram, Farhad ^a   Nadji, Abdolhadi ^a   Shams, Hormoz ^a   Akhlaghi, Massoomeh ^a   Larimi, Roghieh ^a   Sadeghi Abdolahi, Bahar ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Classification diagnosis criteria; Pathergy phenomenon; Pathergy test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHERGY TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST;

BEHCET SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 80052645521     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1694-5     Document Type: Article

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