BEHCETS-SYNDROME - HOW SHOULD WE TREAT IT

YAZICI H., YURDAKUL S., HAMURYUDAN V.

CLINICAL IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, vol.3, no.2, pp.102-107, 1995 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 3 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 1995
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/bf03259272
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.102-107
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Behcet's syndrome is a multisystem vasculitis of unknown aetiology. Eye involvement, the main cause of morbidity, can lead to blindness in 20% of those affected. Other lesions, ranging from aphthous and genital ulceration to sometimes fatal central nervous system involvement, also cause considerable morbidity and, we have become more recently aware, mortality.