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Original Article

Comparison of Presenting Features and Three-year Disease Course in Turkish Patients with Behçet Uveitis Who Presented in the Early 1990s and the Early 2000s

Abdullah Kursat CinguDicle University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Diyarbakir, Turkey
, MD,
Sumru OnalVK Foundation, American Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology Istanbul, Turkey
, MD, FEBOphth,
Meri UrganciogluIstanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul, Turkey
, MD &
Ilknur Tugal-TutkunIstanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
, MD
Pages 423-428 | Received 10 Feb 2012, Accepted 11 Jul 2012, Published online: 19 Nov 2012

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