title: Prognostic comparison of Behçet's disease with or without HLA-Bw 51 antigen.
abstract: To know the prognosis of Behçet's disease with HLA-Bw 51 antigen, comparison studies of 24 cases of Behçet's disease were investigated. The sex distribution was 14 males (58%) and 10 females (42%). The patients were grouped into three clinical types: the complete type with 11 cases (45%), the incomplete type with eight cases (33%) and the suspect type with five cases (22%), according to the criteria established by the Behçet's Disease Research Committee in Japan (1982). They were also divided into three ocular types according to the location of the inflammation: the anterior segment type, the fundus type and the mixed type. They were divided into 10%, 10% and 60% in HLA-Bw 51 negative group and 14%, 22% and 64% in HLA-Bw 51 positive group, respectively. Skin lesions observed in 30% of the HLA-Bw 51 negative group and 70% of the HLA-Bw 51 positive group, which was statistically significant (p less than 0.01). The other general symptoms and the visual acuity between the two groups were not statistically significant (p greater than 0.1).
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D059949:HLA-B51 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D059949:HLA-B51 Antigen