Can Behcet's disease related pulmonary arterial aneurysms be completely resolved?

Open Rheumatology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-90

  Agha, Adnan ^a   Bella, Abdelhaleem M E ^b   Assiri, Al Hussain M ^a   Al Hakami, Mohammad ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Beh et disease; Pulmonary arterial aneurysm; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GENITAL ULCER; HEART ARREST; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; SCROTAL PAIN; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UVEITIS;

EID: 84855552773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18743129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874312901105010088     Document Type: Article

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