Behcet's Disease: The Darker side !
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چکیده
Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting blood vessels throughout the body mainly veins and clinically characterized by oro-genital aphthae ,ophthalmologic involvement ,cutaneous lesions ,articular, neurological involvement and less commonly by gastrointestinal manifestations which may have dreadful complications. Here we report a case of 58 year male with gastrointestinal complications of BD and a rapidly worsening course.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
دوره 64 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016