ADAMANTIADIS-BEHCETS DISEASE IN SISTERS

Authors
VAIOPOULOS G SFIKAKIS PP HATZINIKOLAOU P STAMATELOS G KAKLAMANIS P
Citation
G. Vaiopoulos et al., ADAMANTIADIS-BEHCETS DISEASE IN SISTERS, Clinical rheumatology, 15(4), 1996, pp. 382-384
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Clinical rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07703198
Volume
15
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
382 - 384
Database
ISI
SICI code
0770-3198(1996)15:4<382:ADIS>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Two sisters with documented Adamantiadis-Behcet's disease of different severity, associated with HLA-B51, are described. Although the overal l incidence of this complex disease is not different between sexes, on ly 4 female siblings, versus 14 male, that fullfill the 1990's Interna tional Study Group for Behcet's Disease criteria have been reported in the literature.