Pediatric Neurology
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 332-335 , October 2001

Cerebral vein thrombosis in Behçet’s disease

  • Gülay Alper, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Alper, Research Associate; University of Pittsburgh; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh; Division of Child Neurology; 3705 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
    • Department of Pediatrics; Division of Child Neurology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Yüksel Yılmaz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics; Division of Child Neurology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Gazanfer Ekinci, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology; Division of Child Neurology; Marmara University School of Medicine; Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Özkan Köse

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics; Division of Child Neurology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 15 February 2001 ,Accepted 16 May 2001.

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Pediatric Neurology
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 332-335 , October 2001

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