Successful treatment of Behçet disease with pentoxifylline.

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Published in Ann Intern Med on May 15, 1996

Authors

K Yasui1, K Ohta, M Kobayashi, T Aizawa, A Komiyama

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1: Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.

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