Journal
YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL
Volume 53, Issue 1, Pages 35-42Publisher
YONSEI UNIV COLL MEDICINE
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2012.53.1.35
Keywords
Behcet's disease; epidemiology; etiopathogenesis; animal model; diagnosis; new biologics
Categories
Funding
- Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea [A080588]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Behcet's disease is a chronic relapsing multisystemic inflammatory disorder characterized by four major symptoms (oral aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers, skin lesions, and ocular lesions) and occasionally by five minor symptoms (arthritis, gastrointestinal ulcers, epididymitis, vascular lesions, and central nervous system symptoms). Although the etiology of Behcet's disease is still unknown, there have been recent advances in immunopathogenic studies, genome-wide association studies, animal models, diagnostic markers, and new biological agents. These advances have improved the clinical understanding of Behcet's disease and have enabled us to develop new treatment strategies for this intractable disease, which remains one of the leading causes of blindness.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available