A comparative study of the pathergy reaction among Turkish and British patients with Behçet's disease.
Forty-eight Turkish and 12 British patients along with 24 Turkish and 7 British healthy controls were assessed for the presence of the pathergy phenomenon. A photographic method with 'blind' reading was utilised. The pathergy phenomenon was present only among the Turkish patients.
D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000503:physiopathology*; D044469:Racial Groups; D012867:Skin / Q000503:physiopathology; D012882:Skin Tests; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000208:ethnology