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ArticleRadiology case reports2022

Neuro-Behçet - Clinical and radiological findings in a Patient of Sub-saharan African origin.

Johannes Jacobus Pretorius, Juliane Hiesgen, Michael Myburgh, Farhana E Suleman

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Article in Radiology case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Johannes Jacobus PretoriusDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Pretoria, Department of Radiology, Private Bag X169 Pretoria 0001.
Juliane HiesgenDepartment of Neurology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X169 Pretoria 0001.
Michael MyburghDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X169 Pretoria 0001.
Farhana E SulemanDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Pretoria, Department of Radiology, Private Bag X169 Pretoria 0001.
University of Pretoria · ZA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Behçet's disease is a rare, systemic variable vessel vasculitis mostly seen in patients from the Middle East, Northern Africa and Central Asia. Neuro-Behçet disease (NBD) is often diagnosed in patients with known Behçet's disease who present with neurological symptoms and radiological features of central nervous system involvement. There are very few cases with neuro-Behçet reported from Sub-Saharan Africa in the literature. We report a case of severe parenchymal neuro-Behçet with pseudo-tumoral brainstem lesions in a young male patient of South African origin.

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Cascade signNeuro-Behçet diseasePseudo-tumorsSub-Saharan AfricaWaterfall sign

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PMID34976265
PMCPMC8688177
OpenAlexW4200380458

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