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Descriptor
English
:
Behcet Syndrome
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Síndrome de Behçet
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Síndrome de Behçet
Synonyms
English
:
Behcet Disease
Behcet's Syndrome
Triple-Symptom Complex
Tree Number:
C07.465.075
C11.941.879.780.880.200
C14.907.940.100
C17.800.862.150
Definition
English
:
Rare chronic inflammatory
disease
involving the small
blood vessels
. It is of unknown etiology and characterized by mucocutaneous ulceration in the
mouth
and genital region and
uveitis
with hypopyon. The neuro-ocular form may cause
blindness
and
death
.
SYNOVITIS
;
THROMBOPHLEBITIS
; gastrointestinal ulcerations;
RETINAL VASCULITIS
; and
OPTIC ATROPHY
may occur as well.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
in
translations
spell Behçet's, not Behcet's
History Note
English
:
2003 (1963)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
28255
Unique Identifier:
D001528
Occurrence in VHL
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