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Etiopathogenesis of Behcet's disease.
Autoimmunity reviews - 1 Feb 2010
Mendoza-Pinto Claudia, García-Carrasco Mario, Jiménez-Hernández Mario, Jiménez Hernández Cesar, Riebeling-Navarro Carlos, Nava Zavala Arnulfo, Vera Recabarren Mauricio, Espinosa Gerard, Jara Quezada Javier, Cervera Ricard
Abstract excerpt
Bechet's disease (BD) is an inflammatory, multi systemic disease with spontaneous remissions and relapses similar to various autoimmune diseases. BD leads to organ damage, including the eyes, skin, joints, etc., which produces various clinical manifestations. The central histopathologic characteristic is systemic vasculitis with perivascular inflammatory infiltrates. The etiopathogenesis is unknown, although...
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