Immunopathology of Behcet's disease.

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...

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...

Immunopathology of Chagas disease.

The main clinical forms of Chagas disease (acute, indeterminate and chronic cardiac) present strong evidences for the participation of the immune system on pathogenesis. Although parasite multiplication is evident during acute infection, the intense acute myocarditis of this phase exhibits clear ultrastructural signs of cell-mediated immune damage, inflicted to parasitized and non-parasitized m...

Immunopathology of Beh9et's disease

Behqet's disease (BD) is best considered as a systemic vasculitis in which recurrent orogenital ulceration is a prominent feature. In 1937 Hulusi Behqet described the syndrome that bears his name' but the term 'BehNet's disease' is now used in preference to 'Behqet's syndrome'. Behqet, himself, recognized the problems related to its diagnosis for which there remains no diagnostic test. BD is ra...

Evolution on the immunopathology of Chagas disease.