title: [Autochthonous Behçet's disease. Apropos of 73 cases].
abstract: A multicenter study of Behçet's disease in France confirms the male predominance (62 p. cent), the mean age of onset in the 4th decade, the frequent muco-cutaneous, ocular, articular manifestations (94 p. cent), the skin hypersensitivity (68 p. cent). The forms with arthralgia predominate; the knees are especially affected; arthritis has a favorable course; the para-articular forms are infrequent and in 4 cases, are associated with ankylosing spondylarthritis. HLA B5 is found in 47 p. cent of the cases. HLA-B12 in 22 p. cent. HLA-B5 is associated with eye involvement in 62 p. cent of the cases, HLA-B12 is associated with skin involvement in 67 p. cent of the cases. The effectiveness of colchicine and, at a lesser degree, of steroids, is confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital de la Conception, Marseille.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Roux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arrighi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bergaoui
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: La maladie de Behçet autochtone. A propos de 73 cas.