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. 1989 Sep;48(9):779–780. doi: 10.1136/ard.48.9.779

Behçet's syndrome: severe proctitis with rectovaginal fistula formation.

L S Teh 1, K A Green 1, M M O'Sullivan 1, J S Morris 1, B D Williams 1
PMCID: PMC1003874  PMID: 2802802

Abstract

The development of severe proctitis and a rectovaginal fistula two months after the onset of Behçet's syndrome in a 41 year old woman is reported.

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