Clinical features of juvenile Adamantiades-Behçet's disease in Greece

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1999 Mar-Apr;17(2):256-9.

Abstract

Adamantiades-Behçet's disease (A-BD) is a chronic relapsing vasculitis of unknown etiology. This disease is relatively rare in children and only recently have series of patients been reported. The objective of this study was to describe the clinical features of the disease in juvenile patients, and to compare them with adult cases and with those juveniles reported in the literature.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age of Onset
  • Aged
  • Behcet Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Behcet Syndrome / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Greece / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged