Simultaneous Involvement of Nervous and Gastrointestinal Systems in Behçet's Disease
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Received May 4, 2011, Revised June 30, 2011, Accepted for publication July 7, 2011 Corresponding author: Eun-So Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Dermatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, San 5 Woncheon-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 443-721, Korea. Tel: 82-31-219-5190, Fax: 82-31-219-5189, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Simultaneous Involvement of Nervous and Gastrointestinal Systems in Behçet’s Disease
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دوره 24 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2012