[Behçet's disease in Dakar (Senegal): epidemiological and clinical features].
We report epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 17 consecutives patients with Behçet disease during 26 years in Dakar(Sénégal). All the patients were black, with a mean age of 27.5 years (11- 42 years) and the disease was more common between 20 and 30 years. The sex ratio was 2.4 (12 men -5 women). The majority live in cost area (64.7). Clinical features frequencies were as follow muco-cutaneous (94.11%), ocular (58.82%) neurological (47.05%) articular (47.05) psychiatric (41.17%) vascular (35.29%) digestives (11.76%). Epidemiological characteristics of Behçet disease in Sénégal are common however, the important frequency of neuropsychiatrics manifestations is remarkable.
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Clinique Médicale I CHU A. Le Dantec.
Dieng
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Sy Ndiaye
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Fall
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Ndongo
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Diallo
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Moreira Diop
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Labou
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Ndiaye
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology