Clinical features of juvenile Adamantiades-Behçet's disease in Greece.
Adamantiades-Behçet's disease (A-BD) is a chronic relapsing vasculitis of unknown etiology. This disease is relatively rare in children and only recently have series of patients been reported. The objective of this study was to describe the clinical features of the disease in juvenile patients, and to compare them with adult cases and with those juveniles reported in the literature.
Vaiopoulos
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First Department of Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Kaklamani
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VG
Markomichelakis
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N
Tzonou
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A
Mavrikakis
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M
Kaklamanis
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P
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged