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ArticleDermatopathology (Basel, Switzerland)

A 25-Year-Old Male with Orogenital Ulcers, Rash, and Difficulty Swallowing.

Lauren N Ko, Allireza Alloo, William M Lin, Mai P Hoang, Daniela Kroshinsky

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Article in Dermatopathology (Basel, Switzerland). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Clinical Significance of Serum Bilirubin in Behçet's Disease.Journal of translational internal medicine · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lauren N KoHarvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Allireza AllooDepartment of Dermatology, Northwell Health, Lake Success, New York, USA.
William M LinHarvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Mai P HoangHarvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Daniela KroshinskyHarvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Harvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USNorthwell Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 25-year-old otherwise healthy male presented with new-onset odynophagia, rash, and orogenital ulcers. Despite treatment with antibiotics for presumed bacterial pharyngitis, the patient remained symptomatic, with abnormal vital signs and laboratory values. Upon dermatology consultation and histopathologic correlation, he was diagnosed with Behçet disease. Behçet disease is a rare rheumatologic condition that presents with recurrent oral ulcers and varying degrees of ophthalmic, neurologic, cardiac, and vascular disease. Given its protean nature, the treatment of Behçet disease is tailored to the patient's presentation and severity of organ involvement. Following treatment with colchicine and prednisone, the patient's symptoms improved rapidly.

Indexed as

Behçet diseaseOrogenital ulcers

Identifiers

PMID29456995
PMCPMC5803722
OpenAlexW2767703117

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