TY - JOUR
T1 - Behçet's Disease - A Rheumatologic Perspective
AU - Lee, Soo Kon
AU - Lee, Jisoo
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Behçet's disease is recognized as a multisystemic disease with various organ involvement including skin, mucous membrane, eyes, joints, veins, arteries, gastrointestinal tract, meninges, and brain. In this review, Behçet's disease has been approached from two rheumatologic perspectives- as an intermittent and periodic arthritic syndrome and as a vasculitic syndrome. Association with seronegative spondyloarthropathy and other autoimmune diseases will also be discussed.
AB - Behçet's disease is recognized as a multisystemic disease with various organ involvement including skin, mucous membrane, eyes, joints, veins, arteries, gastrointestinal tract, meninges, and brain. In this review, Behçet's disease has been approached from two rheumatologic perspectives- as an intermittent and periodic arthritic syndrome and as a vasculitic syndrome. Association with seronegative spondyloarthropathy and other autoimmune diseases will also be discussed.
KW - Arthritis
KW - Autoimmune association
KW - Behçet's disease
KW - Vasculitis
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U2 - 10.3349/ymj.1997.38.6.395
DO - 10.3349/ymj.1997.38.6.395
M3 - Review article
C2 - 9509909
AN - SCOPUS:0031308637
SN - 0513-5796
VL - 38
SP - 395
EP - 400
JO - Yonsei Medical Journal
JF - Yonsei Medical Journal
IS - 6
ER -