Epidemiology of Behçet's syndrome and regional differences in disease expression

Behçet's Syndrome

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 35-52

  Yurdakul, Sebahattin ^a   Yazící, Yusuf ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Beh et's disease; Beh et's syndrome; Disease expression; Epidemiology; Erythema nodosum; Field survey; Folliculitis; Genital ulcer; HLA B5(51); Oral ulceration; Pathergy test; Regional difference; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455146961     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5641-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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