Differences in clinical manifestations, treatment, and concordance rates with two major sets of criteria for Behçet's syndrome for patients in the US and Japan: Data from a large, three-center cohort study

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 547-553

  Kobayashi, Tatsuo ^a   Kishimoto, Mitsumasa ^b   Swearingen, Christopher J ^c   Filopoulos, Maria T ^e   Ohara, Yuri ^b   Tokuda, Yasuharu ^d   Oshikawa, Hideto ^a   Yoshida, Kazuki ^a   Utsunomiya, Masako ^f   Kimura, Makiko ^a   Okada, Masato ^b   Matsui, Kazuo ^a   Yazici, Yusuf ^e  

^a KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^f MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Beh et's syndrome; International Study Group (ISG) criteria; Japanese criteria; Manifestation

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAPSONE; ETANERCEPT; HLA B51 ANTIGEN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; MESALAZINE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDIDYMITIS; EYE DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VASCULAR LESION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BEHCET SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877790012     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-012-0696-8     Document Type: Article

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