Behçet's disease and immunosuppressive treatment. Our personal experience.
The authors describe the results obtained at the Eye Department of Rome University using immunosuppressive drugs in the treatment of Behcet's disease. Of 31 patients with the disease, 23 were treated with different immunosuppressive drugs. The results obtained suggest that chlorambucil is the best therapeutic agent in this severe disease. As compared with other immunosuppressive agents used, such as azathioprine and ALGG, chlorambucil was the least toxic, the best tolerated and the most effective one.
D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002699:Chlorambucil / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D005719:gamma-Globulins; D002699:Chlorambucil