Behcet disease - A nonvenereal cause of genital ulceration
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[Behcet disease].
Central nervous system involvement in Behçet disease (BD) may be either parenchymal or nonparenchymal. Abnormal cerebrospinal fluid findings and parenchymal involvement are associated with a poorer prognosis. A self-antigenic role for HLA B51 has been postulated in the pathogenesis of BD. The sibling occurrence rate is 3.6%. Familial aggregation may be more pronounced among pediatric cases comp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2589-0557
DOI: 10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_24_20