Traveling to high altitudes can expose the eye to reduced ambient cold and low-pressure environments. These conditions can affect the physiology of the eye and may result in ocular problems and visual disturbances. In this paper, ocular disorders related to high altitudes are briefly reviewed. Then, high-altitude ocular disorders are categorized in three parts: those related to dry and cold env...

Hulusi Beh9et, formerly Professor of Dermatology "First transient aphthous changes in the mouth, at the University of Istanbul (Fig. 1), reported three secondly ulcerations on the genitalia, and thirdly attacks cases of the syndrome which now bears his name, in of iritis, although the latter symptom is not always present. 1937. He described a triple symptom complex Each of these three symptoms ...

We report on a patient who presented at our hospital with fever, headache, neck pain, partial nuchal rigidity and decreased vision of the left eye. The clinical history, biochemical and instrumental exams performed suggested meningitis but the final hypothesis achieved was an unusual case of Neuro-Behcet-Disease (NBD) without orogenital ulcerations at presentation and with normal MRI findings, ...

PURPOSE To investigate the role of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) 2, 3, 4, and 8 in the pathogenesis of Behcet's disease (BD). METHODS Sixteen patients with active ocular BD and 16 healthy volunteers were included in this study. Total RNA was isolated from PBMCs to determine mRNA levels of TLRs, including TLR2, TLR3, TLR4, and TLR8. Cell surface receptor activity of these TLRs was investigated by...

the turkmans are one of the iranian ethnic population. hla typing (class i and ii) was performed in this population. the data obtained from this study was compared with different populations of the world. we observed that the turkman population is most similar to the northern chinese and uigur population. the distributions of hla antigens in turkmans are somewhat between iranian population, nor...

Behçet's disease (BD), also known as the Silk Road disease, is a multisystemic and rare inflammatory disorder primarily prevalent in populations along the Mediterranean Sea. Today, BD is defined as a crossroad between autoimmune and auto-inflammatory syndromes. Variety of syndromes including mucocutaneous manifestations such as oral and genital ulcers, papulopustular lesions and erythema nodosu...