title: A case of Behcet's disease in a patient with albinism.
abstract: A 22-year old female suffering from recurrent oral ulcers, genital ulcers, erythema nodosum, and folliculitis, was diagnosed as having Behcet's disease (BD). She has also hypopigmentation of skin and hair, and optic changes associated with albinism including hypopigmentation of the retina, nystagmus, strabismus, and reduced visual acuity. In this report, we discuss the possibility of precipitating factor in BD that the hypersensitivity, mental stress, and drug resistance which is caused by albinism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nozaki
authors.forename: Yasuaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagare
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Fumiaki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Urase
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Funauchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000417:Albinism / Q000150:complications*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans