Buerger’s disease: a 10-year experience in Tehran, Iran

Buerger’s disease: a 10-year experience in Tehran, Iran

The clinical spectrum of Buerger’s disease (TAO; thromboangiitis obliterans) seems to be changing. Considering the lack of any formal studies on the epidemiology of this disease in Iran, we evaluated the data of 198 confirmed cases of TAO during the period 1996–2006. Diagnosis was based on Papa’s sc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical rheumatology 2008-03, Vol.27 (3), p.369-371
Hauptverfasser: Tavakoli, Hassan, Rezaii, Jalal, Esfandiari, Khalil, Salimi, Javad, Rashidi, Armin
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Brief Report
Cohort Studies
Female
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, University - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Iran - epidemiology
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Rheumatology
Seasons
Sex Factors
Smoking
Thromboangiitis Obliterans - complications
Thromboangiitis Obliterans - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:The clinical spectrum of Buerger’s disease (TAO; thromboangiitis obliterans) seems to be changing. Considering the lack of any formal studies on the epidemiology of this disease in Iran, we evaluated the data of 198 confirmed cases of TAO during the period 1996–2006. Diagnosis was based on Papa’s scoring system. All patients were male and aged at the time of diagnosis 40.5 ± 10.1 years. All patients were smokers for a duration of 22.2 ± 11.6 years. There was a strong seasonal variation for admission with winter admissions being significantly the most common ( P  
ISSN:0770-3198
1434-9949
DOI:10.1007/s10067-007-0784-x