Behcet's disease: Is there a gender influence on clinical manifestations?

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 306-314

  Davatchi, Fereydoun ^a   Shahram, Farhad ^a   Chams Davatchi, Cheyda ^a   Sadeghi Abdollahi, Bahar ^a   Shams, Hormoz ^a   Nadji, Abdolhadi ^a   Faezi, Tahereh ^a   Akhlaghi, Massoomeh ^a   Ghodsi, Zahra ^a   Larimi, Roghieh ^a   Ashofteh, Farima ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Gender influence

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN; HLA B51 ANTIGEN; HLA B57 ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEURYSM; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CATARACT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDIDYMITIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENDER; HEADACHE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MURMUR; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PERICARDITIS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHLEBITIS; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PULMONARY VASCULITIS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETINA VASCULITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLENOMEGALY; URINALYSIS; UVEITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

BEHCET SYNDROME; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84862572854     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2011.01696.x     Document Type: Article

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