Clinical Studies on Behcet's Syndrome

Clinical Studies on Behçet's Syndrome.

Since Behqet (1937) reported cases with the symptoms of skin eruption, ulceration of the mucous membranes, and hypopyon-uveitis, similar cases have been described by many authors (summarized by Robinson and McCrumb, 1950) as the "mucocutaneous ocular syndrome". Cases of Behqet's syndrome have recently been reviewed and reported in Japan by Asaoka (1959) and Urayama (1960). Pathogenetic theories...

Studies on Egg Drop Syndrome in Iran

Symptom management in Behcets disease.

OBJECTIVE To determine the symptoms experienced by patients diagnosed with Behcet's Disease and how they cope with them. METHODS The qualitative study was conducted from September 2013 to March 2014 at Ege University Medical Faculty Hospital, Turkey, comprising patients having all symptoms of Behcet's Disease. Data was collected through semi-structured focus-group interview form. The findings...

Clinical and biochemical studies on treatment of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.

Watts, R. W. E., McKeran, R. O., Brown, E., Andrews, T. M., and Griffiths, M. I. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 693. Clinical and biochemical studies on treatment of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. The clinical findings in a previously unreported case of the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome are described. Though formal intellectual testing is very difficult because of the severe choreoathetosis and co...

Role of Cytokines in Behcets Disease

Behcets disease (BD) is considered a chronic relapsing multisystem inflammatory disorder. It has a worldwide distribution, but it is more prevalent in Mediterranean countries. Although its etiopathogenesis remains elusive, Immunological investigations have demonstrated the presence of immune dysregulation among the patients with BD. The disease is characterized by infiltration of lymphocytes an...