Behcet's disease in India: A dermatological perspective

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 199-204

  Singal, Archana ^a   Chhabra, Namrata ^a   Pandhi, Deepika ^a   Rohatgi, Jolly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; colchicine; mucocutaneous

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; DAPSONE; METHOTREXATE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENITAL ULCER; HEMATEMESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UVEITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; COLCHICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875729101     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.107636     Document Type: Article

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