title: Adamantiadis-Behçet's disease in sisters.
abstract: Two sisters with documented Adamantiadis-Behçet's disease of different severity, associated with HLA-B51, are described. Although the overall incidence of this complex disease is not different between sexes, only 4 female siblings, versus 14 male, that fulfill the 1990's International Study Group for Behçet's Disease criteria have been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, Goudi, Greece.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vaiopoulos
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Sfikakis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hatzinikolaou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stamatelos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaklamanis
mesh_terms: D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D059949:HLA-B51 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009679:Nuclear Family
chemical_list: D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D059949:HLA-B51 Antigen