Vascular involvement in Behçet's disease: a retrospective analysis of 2319 cases

Background Vascular lesions can be the presenting sign of Behçet's disease (BD) preceding classical symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and types of vascular involvement in BD. Methods Among 2319 patients diagnosed with BD according to the criteria of the Internatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International Journal of Dermatology 2006-08, Vol.45 (8), p.919-921
Hauptverfasser:	Sarica-Kucukoglu, Rifkiye, Akdag-Kose, Afet, Kayabalı, Murat, Yazganoglu, Kurtulus Didem, Disci, Rian, Erzengin, Dilek, Azizlerli, Gulsevim
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Behcet Syndrome - complications Behcet Syndrome - epidemiology Behcet Syndrome - physiopathology Biological and medical sciences Dermatology Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Prevalence Retrospective Studies Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis Thrombophlebitis - diagnosis Thrombophlebitis - epidemiology Thrombophlebitis - etiology Venous Thrombosis - diagnosis Venous Thrombosis - epidemiology Venous Thrombosis - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Background Vascular lesions can be the presenting sign of Behçet's disease (BD) preceding classical symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and types of vascular involvement in BD. Methods Among 2319 patients diagnosed with BD according to the criteria of the International Study Group for BD, 332 patients (279 male, 53 female) with vascular involvement were included in this study. Results Prevalence of vascular involvement was 14.3%. Vascular involvement was found to be more common in males (P
ISSN:	0011-9059 1365-4632
DOI:	10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02832.x