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Immunopathogenesis of ocular Behçet's disease.
Journal of immunology research - 1 Jan 2014
Park Un Chul, Kim Tae Wan, Yu Hyeong Gon
Abstract excerpt
Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic recurrent systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology characterized by oral and genital ulcerations, skin lesions, and uveitis. The ocular involvement of BD, or Behçet's uveitis (BU), is characterized by panuveitis or posterior uveitis with occlusive retinal vasculitis and tends to be more recurrent and sight threatening than other endogenous autoimmune uveitides, despite...
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