The ten-year mortality in Behçet's syndrome.
We surveyed the 10-yr mortality among 152 Behçet's syndrome (BS) patients who had registered at a BS out-patient clinic and compared it to the expected mortality in the general population. Information on mortality was available in 79% of the study group, among whom six patients (all males) had died. The observed mortality of two patients in the 15-24 yr age bracket was significantly above that expected in the general population. BS is a cause of increased mortality in the young male patients
Yazici
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Behçet's Syndrome Research Centre, University of Istanbul, Turkey.
Başaran
G
G
Hamuryudan
V
V
Hizli
N
N
Yurdakul
S
S
Mat
C
C
Tüzün
Y
Y
Ozyazgan
Y
Y
Dimitriyadis
I
I
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology