Pediatric-onset behçet disease in Bahrain: Report of nine cases and literature Review

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 485-487

  Al Mosawi, Zakiya Saleh ^a   Madan, Wafa ^a   Fareed, Eman ^a  

^a Salmaniya Medical Complex ^*  (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bahrain; Beh et disease; Children

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; ETANERCEPT; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B5 ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BEHCET DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENITAL ULCER; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYMPTOM; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BAHRAIN; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864747388     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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