Current concepts in the etiology and treatment of Behçet disease

C Evereklioglu - Survey of ophthalmology, 2005 - Elsevier
Behçet disease is an idiopathic, multisystem, chronic, and recurrent disease characterized
by exacerbations alternating with phases of quiescence, episodic panuveitis, and …

Behçet's disease–a contemporary review

D Mendes, M Correia, M Barbedo, T Vaio, M Mota… - Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Behçet's disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis disorder of unknown etiology, characterized
by relapsing episodes of oral aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers, skin lesions and ocular …

A cutoff value for the Systemic Immune‐Inflammation Index in determining activity of Behçet disease

E Tanacan, D Dinçer, FG Erdogan… - Clinical and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Behçet disease (BD) is an immune‐mediated vasculitis‐like syndrome
characterized by recurrent aphthous lesions and various systemic manifestations …

Behçet disease: new aspects

I Bulur, M Onder - Clinics in dermatology, 2017 - Elsevier
Behçet disease is currently considered an “autoinflammatory disease” triggered by infection
and environmental factors in genetically predisposed individuals. Although the disease is …

Pulmonary vasculitis in Behçet disease

O Uzun, T Akpolat, L Erkan - Chest, 2005 - Elsevier
Study objectives The aims of this study were to investigate the frequency of pulmonary
problems in Behçet disease (BD), and to discuss lesser-known features of pulmonary BD …

Neutrophilic dermatoses: a clinical update

EH Weiss, CJ Ko, TH Leung, RG Micheletti… - Current Dermatology …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Neutrophilic dermatoses are defined by the presence of a sterile
neutrophilic infiltrate on histopathology. This review focuses on the pathogenesis …

HLA–DRB4 as a genetic risk factor for Churg‐Strauss syndrome

A Vaglio, D Martorana, U Maggiore… - … : Official Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To explore the association between HLA alleles and Churg‐Strauss syndrome
(CSS), and to investigate the potential influence of HLA alleles on the clinical spectrum of …

Prevalence and incidence in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases: a nationwide population‐based study in Taiwan

KH Yu, LC See, CF Kuo, IJ Chou… - Arthritis care & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, incidence, and
mortality rates of autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) by using a population‐based …

Recent advances on microbiota involvement in the pathogenesis of autoimmunity

E Gianchecchi, A Fierabracci - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Autoimmune disorders derive from genetic, stochastic, and environmental factors that all
together interact in genetically predisposed individuals. The impact of an imbalanced gut …

HSP 60 expression in mucocutaneous lesions of Behçet's disease

T Ergun, Ü İnce, E Ekşioğlu-Demiralp… - Journal of the American …, 2001 - Elsevier
Background: Heat shock protein (60 kd HSP) has been implicated in the etiology of Behçet's
disease, but its expression at sites of inflammation is unknown. Objective: Our aim was to …