Demographic and clinical features of 521 Turkish patients with Behçet's disease

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 564-569

  Balta, Ilknur ^a   Akbay, Gulfer ^b   Kalkan, Goknur ^c   Eksioglu, Meral ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PATHERGY TEST; PUSTULE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TEST; BEHCET SYNDROME; ONSET AGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BEHCET SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 84899483604     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2012.05756.x     Document Type: Article

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