Behçet's syndrome: a family study and the elucidation of a genetic role.
A family with features of the mucocutaneous ocular syndrome is described. A 4-generation study reveals that the condition has been inherited as an autosomal dominant trait with variable expressivity. Psychiatric symptoms and myalgia have been prominent features peculiar to our patients.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D010375:Pedigree