title: The prevalence of Behçet's syndrome in a rural area in northern Turkey.
abstract: We conducted a field survey to establish the prevalence of Behçet's syndrome among all the inhabitants aged 10 years or older in a village in northern Turkey. The prevalence of Behçet's syndrome was 19/5,131. There were 13 females and 6 males. None had eye involvement. Pathergy test was positive in 6/18 (33%) and 5/19 carried HLA-B5 (26%), suggesting that the previously established association of HLA-B5 in Behçet's syndrome is mainly true for hospital based populations. Moreover, the pathergy test was less commonly positive in milder disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Division of Rheumatology), Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yurdakul
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Günaydin
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tüzün
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tankurt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pazarli
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozyazgan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yazici
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012423:Rural Health; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens