Behçet syndrome manifestations and activity in the United States versus Turkey - A cross-sectional cohort comparison

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1379-1384

  Sibley, Cailin ^a,b   Yazici, Yusuf ^c   Tascilar, Koray ^d   Khan, Nafiz ^a   Bata, Yasmin ^c   Yazici, Hasan ^d   Goldbach Mansky, Raphaela ^a   Hatemi, Gulen ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY CERRAHPASA   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beh et syndrome; Disease manifestations; Turkey; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BEHCET DISEASE CURRENT ACTIVITY FORM; BEHCET DISEASE QUALITY OF LIFE FORM; BEHCET SYNDROME ACTIVITY SCALE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RATING SCALE; SKIN DISEASE; THROMBOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES; BEHCET SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903694368     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.131227     Document Type: Article

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