Behcet syndrome

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Key articles

Kural-Seyahi E, Fresko I, Seyahi N, et al. The long-term mortality and morbidity of Behcet's syndrome: a 2-decade outcome survey of 387 patients followed at a dedicated center. Medicine (Baltimore). 2003 Jan;82(1):60-76. Abstract

International Study Group for Behcet's Disease. Criteria for diagnosis of Behcet's disease. Lancet. 1990 May 5;335(8697):1078-80. Abstract

Hatemi G, Christensen R, Bang D, et al. 2018 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of Behçet's syndrome. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Jun;77(6):808-18.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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2. Yazici H, Seyahi E, Hatemi G, et al. Behçet syndrome: a contemporary view. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2018 Feb;14(2):107-19. Abstract

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7. Kural-Seyahi E, Fresko I, Seyahi N, et al. The long-term mortality and morbidity of Behcet's syndrome: a 2-decade outcome survey of 387 patients followed at a dedicated center. Medicine (Baltimore). 2003 Jan;82(1):60-76. Abstract

8. Calamia KT, Wilson FC, Icen M, et al. Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of Behçet's disease in the US: a population-based study. Arthritis Rheum. 2009 May 15;61(5):600-4.Full text  Abstract

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10. Yazici Y, Adler NM. Clinical manifestations and ethnic background of patients with Behcet's syndrome in a US cohort. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;56(suppl):S502.

11. Gul A, Hajeer AH, Worthington J, et al. Linkage mapping of a novel susceptibility locus for Behcet's syndrome to chromosome 6p22-23. Arthritis Rheum. 2001 Nov;44(11):2693-6. Abstract

12. Direskeneli H. Autoimmunity vs autoinflammation in Behcet's syndrome: do we oversimplify a complex disorder? Rheumatology (Oxford). 2006 Dec;45(12):1461-5. Abstract

13. Tunc R, Keyman E, Melikoglu M, et al. Target organ associations in Turkish patients with Behcet's syndrome: a cross sectional study by exploratory factor analysis. J Rheumatol. 2002 Nov;29(11):2393-6. Abstract

14. Bird Stewart JA. Genetic analysis of families of patients with Behçet's syndrome: data incompatible with autosomal recessive inheritance. Ann Rheum Dis. 1986 Apr;45(4):265-8.Full text  Abstract

15. Fresko I, Soy M, Hamuryudan V, et al. Genetic anticipation in Behcet's syndrome. Ann Rheum Dis. 1998 Jan;57(1):45-8. Abstract

16. International Study Group for Behcet's Disease. Criteria for diagnosis of Behcet's disease. Lancet. 1990 May 5;335(8697):1078-80. Abstract

17. Hamuryudan V, Er T, Seyahi E, et al. Pulmonary artery aneurysms in Behcet's syndrome. Am J Med. 2004 Dec 1;117(11):867-70. Abstract

18. Akman-Demir G, Serdaroglu P, Tasçi B. Clinical patterns of neurological involvement in Behçet's disease: evaluation of 200 patients. The Neuro-Behçet Study Group. Brain. 1999 Nov;122 (Pt 11):2171-82.Full text  Abstract

19. Hatemi G, Christensen R, Bang D, et al. 2018 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of Behçet's syndrome. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Jun;77(6):808-18.Full text  Abstract

20. Ohno S, Ohguchi M, Hirose S, et al. Close association of HLA-Bw51 with Behçet's disease. Arch Ophthalmol. 1982 Sep;100(9):1455-8. Abstract

21. de Menthon M, Lavalley MP, Maldini C, et al. HLA-B51/B5 and the risk of Behçet's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case-control genetic association studies. Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Oct 15;61(10):1287-96.Full text  Abstract

22. Cheng L, Li L, Liu C, et al. Meta-analysis of anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies as diagnostic markers of Behçet's disease with gastrointestinal involvement. BMJ Open. 2020 Oct 6;10(10):e033880.Full text  Abstract

23. Fresko I, Yazici H. Treatment strategies for Behcet's disease. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2008 Dec;9(18):3211-9. Abstract

24. Hamuryudan V, Hatemi G, Tascilar K, et al. Colchicine in Behcet syndrome: a longterm survey of patients in a controlled trial. J Rheumatol. 2014 Apr;41(4):735-8. Abstract

25. Hatemi G, Mahr A, Ishigatsubo Y, et al. Trial of apremilast for oral ulcers in Behçet's syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2019 Nov 14;381(20):1918-28.Full text  Abstract

26. Atienza-Mateo B, Martín-Varillas JL, Calvo-Río V, et al. Comparative study of infliximab versus adalimumab in refractory uveitis due to Behçet's disease: national multicenter study of 177 cases. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Dec;71(12):2081-9.Full text  Abstract

27. Giardina A, Ferrante A, Ciccia F, et al. One year study of efficacy and safety of infliximab in the treatment of patients with ocular and neurological Behçet's disease refractory to standard immunosuppressive drugs. Rheumatol Int. 2011 Jan;31(1):33-7. Abstract

28. Zeydan B, Uygunoglu U, Saip S, et al. Infliximab is a plausible alternative for neurologic complications of Behçet disease. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2016 Jul 8;3(5):e258.Full text  Abstract

29. Vallet H, Riviere S, Sanna A, et al. Efficacy of anti-TNF alpha in severe and/or refractory Behçet's disease: multicenter study of 124 patients. J Autoimmun. 2015 Aug;62:67-74. Abstract

30. Emmi G, Bettiol A, Silvestri E, et al. Vascular Behçet's syndrome: an update. Intern Emerg Med. 2019 Aug;14(5):645-52. Abstract

31. Emmi G, Vitale A, Silvestri E, et al. Adalimumab-based treatment versus disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs for venous thrombosis in Behçet's syndrome: a retrospective study of seventy patients with vascular involvement. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 Sep;70(9):1500-7.Full text  Abstract

32. Mirouse A, Barete S, Desbois AC, et al. Long-term outcome of ustekinumab therapy for Behçet's disease. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Oct;71(10):1727-32. Abstract

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