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. 1984 Feb;43(1):74–75. doi: 10.1136/ard.43.1.74

A comparative study of the pathergy reaction among Turkish and British patients with Behçet's disease.

H Yazici, M A Chamberlain, Y Tüzün, S Yurdakul, A Müftüoglu
PMCID: PMC1001226  PMID: 6696522

Abstract

Forty-eight Turkish and 12 British patients along with 24 Turkish and 7 British healthy controls were assessed for the presence of the pathergy phenomenon. A photographic method with 'blind' reading was utilised. The pathergy phenomenon was present only among the Turkish patients.

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