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Preferred term

Behcet Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Adamantiades-Behcet Disease
  • Behcet Disease
  • Behçet Disease
  • Behcet's Disease
  • Behcet's Syndrome
  • Behcet Triple Symptom Complex
  • Old Silk Route Disease
  • Triple Symptom Complex
  • Triple-Symptom Complex

In other languages

  • French

  • Grande aphtose de Touraine
  • Syndrome d'Adamantiades-Behçet
  • Syndrome de Behçet
  • Syndrome oculo-muco-cutané de Behçet
  • Trisyndrome de Behçet

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-K9GTTP19-W

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