Conclusions
Most patients were in the third and fourth decades of life, males were stronger affected than females, age of onset and gender did not significantly influence the disease expression in Iraqi patients; higher frequency of familial occurrence and of joint involvement were clearly observed.
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Al-Waiz, M.M., Al-Joofy, I.K., Muslih, R.K., Mousawy, K.M. (2004). General Aspects and Clinical Manifestations of 100 Iraqi Patients with Behçet’s Disease. In: Zouboulis, C.C. (eds) Adamantiades-Behçet’s Disease. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 528. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48382-3_18
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