| Literature DB >> 7617513 |
Y Nakata1, M Awazu, Y Kojima, M Tokumura, H Yamagishi, N Yamashita.
Abstract
Behçet's disease (BD) is difficult to diagnose in children because patients often do not have characteristic symptoms and pediatricians have a low awareness of BD. We report on the case of BD in a 12-year-old boy that presented as endocarditis. Prednisolone, started after infective endocarditis had been ruled out, had a dramatic effect. Cardiac involvement in BD and the differential diagnosis of endocarditis are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7617513 DOI: 10.1007/BF00801917
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Cardiol ISSN: 0172-0643 Impact factor: 1.655