Cardiac valve involvement in Behcet's disease: a clinical study of 10 patients

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 90, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 2357-2359

  Huang, Xiao Ming ^a   Huang, Cheng Jin ^a   Sha, Yue ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Zeng, Xue Jun ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Diagnosis; Treatment; Valve lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE PROLAPSE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; HEART VALVE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84871402941     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2010.33.015     Document Type: Article

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