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Neurological Behcet’s disease with transverse myelitis in an adolescent: A case report [PDF]

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Neurological Behcet’s disease is a rare systemic vasculitis marked by recurrent oral or genital ulcers, eye manifestations of uveitis or retinal vasculitis, and skin lesions.
Jeanine McColl, Teresa Liang, Dax G. Rumsey   +2 more
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Diagnosing neuro-Behçet’s disease [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2021
Behçet’s disease is a rare systemic vasculitis characterized by uveitis, recurrent oral and genital ulcers, firstly described by the turkish dermatologist Hulusi Behçet. The etiology is unknown, although autoimmune mechanisms are described.
Catalina Elena Bistriceanu, Florentina Anca Danciu, Dan Iulian Cuciureanu   +2 more
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Familial aggregation of Behçet’s disease in Turkey [PDF]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2000
Familial aggregation of Behçet's disease has been reported previously. The current study aimed at investigating the sibling recurrence risk ratio (lambda s) for Behçet's disease, which is of value in the estimation of the magnitude of genetic factors in the pathogenesis of Behçet's disease.170 consecutive unrelated index cases (98 male, 72 female) were
A, Gül, M, Inanç, L, Ocal, O, Aral, M, Koniçe   +4 more
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Uveitis and Retinal Vasculitis—Harbingers of Neuro-Behcet’s Disease: A Case Report [PDF]

Bengal Physician Journal, 2023
We report this case of Neuro-Behcet’s disease who initially had recurrent episodes of uveitis over a period of 14 years and was under ophthalmological follow-up. Recently, she developed retinal vasculitis and multiple stroke-like episodes.
Pramod Kumar Samala, Sowmini Perumal, Sakthi Velayudham, Malcolm Jeyaraj, Kannan Vellaichamy, Viveka Saravanan Raju, Mugundhan Krishnan   +6 more
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HHV8 associated Kaposi’s sarcoma during triple immunosuppressive treatment with cyclosporin A, azathioprine, and prednisolone for ocular Behçet’s disease and complete remission of both disorders with interferon α [PDF]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2001
Behcet’s disease is a multisystem vasculitis with oral and genital aphthous ulcers, cutaneous vasculitis, uveitis, and arthritis as its main features. 1 Ocular manifestations, especially panuveitis, have a poor prognosis, resulting in blindness in most patients after five years, irrespective of treatment.
I, Kötter, C, Aepinus, F, Graepler, V, Gärtner, A K, Eckstein, N, Stübiger, B, Kaskas, M, Zierhut, B, Bültmann, R, Kandolf, L, Kanz   +10 more
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Genetics of Behçet's Disease: Functional Genetic Analysis and Estimating Disease Heritability

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Behçet's disease is a chronic multisystemic inflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent oral and genital ulcers. Although its etiology remains unclear, it is thought that both genetic and environmental factors contribute to the onset and progression
Lourdes Ortiz-Fernández, Amr H. Sawalha, Amr H. Sawalha, Amr H. Sawalha, Amr H. Sawalha   +4 more
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Long-Term Outcomes of Behçet’s Syndrome-Related Uveitis: A Monocentric Italian Experience

Mediators of Inflammation, 2020
Objectives. To examine demographic and clinical characteristics and long-term visual outcome in a cohort of Italian patients affected by Behçet’s uveitis (BU). Materials and Methods.
Jurgen Sota, Luca Cantarini, Antonio Vitale, Arianna Sgheri, Stefano Gentileschi, Valeria Caggiano, Viviana Gelardi, Bruno Frediani, Gian Marco Tosi, Claudia Fabiani   +9 more
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Evaluation of disease activity in uveoretinitis associated with Behçet’s disease

Immunological Medicine, 2021
Behçet’s disease is a multi-organ inflammatory disorder with systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. Ocular lesions occur in about 70% of patients with Behçet’s disease, and it is more frequent and severe in men.
Hiroshi Keino
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Real-Life Data on the Efficacy of Canakinumab in Patients with Adult-Onset Still’s Disease

Mediators of Inflammation, 2020
Background. Interleukin-1 inhibition has revealed to be a successful treatment approach for patients with adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD). However, real-life experience is focused on the use of anakinra, while data about canakinumab (CAN) are mainly ...
Antonio Vitale, Virginia Berlengiero, Jurgen Sota, Luisa Ciarcia, Nicola Ricco, Sara Barneschi, Mariam Mourabi, Giuseppe Lopalco, Chiara Marzo, Francesca Bellisai, Florenzo Iannone, Bruno Frediani, Luca Cantarini   +12 more
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Cerebral pseudotumoral form of Behçet’s disease: About 3 cases

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2020
Behçet’s disease is a multisystem vasculitis which can involve the nervous system known as Neuro-Behçet’s disease. Neurological involvement is uncommon in Behçet’s disease, and has a highly variable prevalence.
Malek Mansour, Manel Ben Hmidene, Asma Ouerdiene, Ines Bedoui, Ridha Mrissa   +4 more
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