Behcet's disease: pediatric aspects.

There is an increased awareness about the pediatric aspects of Behcet's dis ease (BD) in the world Literature, Recent surveys of patients have outlined peculiar features in this age group such as recurrent attacks of fever and abdominal pain, Considered to be uncommon in childhood, uveitis have a ver y severe course, The higher frequency of familial cases and the genetic ant icipation suggest that the genetic component plays a major role in the earl y expression of the disease. Pediatric aspects of BD including different ca tegories of patients, are not definitely characterized, Indeed it is now ne cessary to distinguish the pediatric group (BD completed before 16 years) f rom the "juvenile" group (adult patients with first symptoms before 16 year s).