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01-11-2020 | Colchicine | CE-Research Letter to the Editor

Characteristics and outcomes of Behçet’s syndrome patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019: a case series of 10 patients

Authors: Berna Yurttaş, Mert Oztas, Ali Tunc, İlker İnanç Balkan, Omer Fehmi Tabak, Vedat Hamuryudan, Emire Seyahi

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Issue 8/2020

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, is the cause of the global pandemic that originated in China in December 2019 [1]. It had spread all over Turkey in March 2020, Istanbul being hit the hardest. As of 28 May 2020, the total number of confirmed cases in the country is over 161,000 of which 124,400 have recovered and 4500 have died [2]. …

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Title: Characteristics and outcomes of Behçet’s syndrome patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019: a case series of 10 patients
Authors: Berna Yurttaş
Mert Oztas
Ali Tunc
İlker İnanç Balkan
Omer Fehmi Tabak
Vedat Hamuryudan
Emire Seyahi
Publication date: 01-11-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Colchicine
Phlebothrombosis
COVID-19
CT of the Thorax
Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 8/2020
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-020-02427-8

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