Behçet disease is an idiopathic, multisystem, chronic, and recurrent disease characterized
by exacerbations alternating with phases of quiescence, episodic panuveitis, and …

Because of earlier recognition, aggressive medical treatment, and novel surgical
procedures, the morbidity and mortality of large vessel vasculitis in Behçet disease are …

Hyperhomocysteinemia is independently associated with the development of coronary,
cerebral and peripheral vascular disease and deep-vein thrombosis in the general …

The inflammatory pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is now well-established, owing to in vitro
and in vivo studies and the application of high sensitivity assays for C-reactive protein (CRP) …

C3 is the central component of the complement system and activation of C3 via any of the
three major activation pathways—the classical, the lectin and the alternative pathways …

Survival of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has improved over the past
decade, thanks to improved treatment of the disease, which now results in fewer fatal …

Background/Purpose Behcet's disease (BD) patients should have recurrent aphthous
stomatitis (RAS) but they may or may not have atrophic glossitis (AG). This study mainly …

Objectives We aimed to determine the clinical impact of plasma homocysteine levels on
disease activity and clinical remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods A …

Background/Purpose Behcet's disease (BD) patients may have one or more hematinic
deficiencies. This study evaluated whether there were significantly higher frequencies of …

Background/Purpose Our previous study found that 177 of 1064 atrophic glossitis (AG)
patients have serum gastric parietal cell antibody (GPCA) positivity only (so-called GPCA+ …