Characteristics of neurological manifestations of Behçet's disease: A retrospective monocentric study in Tunisia

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2015-2018

  Houman, Mohamed Habib ^a   Bellakhal, Syrine ^a   Salem, Thouraya Ben ^a   Hamzaoui, Amira ^a   Braham, Amel ^a   Lamloum, Mounir ^a   Monia, Smiti Khanfir ^a   Ghorbel, Imed Ben ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuro Beh et; Neurological involvement; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPARIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBRAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD; TUNISIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

BEHÇET'S DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURO-BEHÇET; NEUROLOGICAL INVOLVEMENT; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; BEHCET SYNDROME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884531439     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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