The Ten-Year Mortality in Behçet's Syndrome

Abstract

We surveyed the 10-yr mortality among 152 Behçet's syndrome (BS) patients who had registered at a BS out-patient clinic and compared it to the expected mortality in the general population. Information on mortality was available in 79% of the study group, among whom six patients (all males) had died. The observed mortality of two patients in the 15-24 yr age bracket was significantly above that expected in the general population. BS is a cause of increased mortality in the young male patients

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“…Seyahi and Yazici for their interest in our work regarding the interplay between BD and pregnancy and for bringing new elements to the discussion. A reduction in BD activity associated with the passage of time has been previously reported (1)(2)(3)(4)(5). Seyahi and Yazici suggest that shorter disease duration might account for the lower frequency of BD flares that we observed in our patients during pregnancy.…”

Cerebral venous thrombosis in Behçet's disease

“…Other signs of BD such as arthralgias and epididymitis were observed in 37.5% and 3.1% of patients, respectively. Vascular involvement was frequently present (62.5%), with recurrent or multiple venous thrombosis in 38 Neurologic features of BD. The main neurologic features of CVT are shown in Table 2.…”

Síndrome Hughes-Stovin: Caso clínico

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