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 …

Spectrum of cardiac lesions in Behçet disease: a series of 52 patients and review of the literature

G Geri, B Wechsler, R Isnard, JC Piette, Z Amoura… - Medicine, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Cardiac abnormalities in patients with Behçet disease (BD) include pericarditis, myocarditis,
endocarditis with valvular regurgitation, intracardiac thrombosis, endomyocardial fibrosis …

The spectrum of nervous system involvement in Behçet's syndrome and its differential diagnosis

A Siva, S Saip - Journal of neurology, 2009 - Springer
Behçet's Syndrome (BS) is a multi-system, vascular-inflammatory disease of unknown origin,
involving the nervous system in a subgroup of patients. The growing clinical and imaging …

Biopsy findings in primary angiitis of the central nervous system

DV Miller, C Salvarani, GG Hunder… - The American journal …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) is a form of vasculitis restricted to the
brain and spinal cord, with protean clinical manifestations and often slowly progressive …

Cerebral venous thrombosis in Behçet's disease

D Saadoun, B Wechsler… - Arthritis Care & …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To analyze the clinical findings, treatment, outcome, and prevalence of cerebral
venous thrombosis (CVT) in a large cohort of patients with Behçet's disease (BD) from a …

Neuro-Behçet syndrome

S Saip, G Akman-Demir, A Siva - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2014 - Elsevier
Behçet syndrome (BS) is an idiopathic chronic relapsing multisystem vascular-inflammatory
disease of unknown origin. As the disease affects many organs and systems and shows a …

Cerebral venous thrombosis in Behçet's disease: a systematic review

D Aguiar de Sousa, T Mestre, JM Ferro - Journal of neurology, 2011 - Springer
Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic inflammatory multisystem disorder which can involve the
central nervous system (CNS). Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is one of its major …

Histopathology of central nervous system lesions in Behçet's disease

S Hirohata - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2008 - Elsevier
Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in Behçet's disease, usually called neuro-
Behçet's syndrome (NB), is one of the most serious complications of the disease. In the …

Tocilizumab for severe refractory neuro-Behçet: three cases IL-6 blockade in neuro-Behçet

O Addimanda, N Pipitone, G Pazzola… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives To describe the response to IL-6 blockade [tocilizumab (TCZ)] in three patients
affected by highly refractory neuro-Behçet disease (NBD). Methods Three patients who had …

The skin pathergy test: innately useful?

A Varol, O Seifert, CD Anderson - Archives of dermatological research, 2010 - Springer
Pathergy is the term used to describe hyper-reactivity of the skin that occurs in response to
minimal trauma. A positive skin pathergy test (SPT), characterised by erythematous …