Concept information
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
Skin Diseases
Skin Diseases, Genetic
Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases
Preferred term
Behcet Syndrome
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Adamantiades Behcet Disease
- Adamantiades-Behcet Disease
- Adamantiades-Behcet Diseases
- Behcet Disease
- Behçet Disease
- Behçet Diseases
- Behcet's Disease
- Behcet's Syndrome
- Behcet Triple Symptom Complex
- Old Silk Route Disease
- Symptom Complex, Triple
- Triple Symptom Complex
- Triple-Symptom Complex
- Triple Symptom Complices
Note
- in translations spell Behçet's, not Behcet's
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 2003 (1963)
In other languages
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Finnish
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Behcet
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Behcetin oireyhtymä
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Behcetin syndrooma
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Behçetin syndrooma
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Behcetin tauti
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Behçetin tauti
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Behþetin tauti
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morbus Behcet
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morbus Behçet
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syndroma Behcet
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syndroma Behçet
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001528
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