Behçet Sendromunda Epidemiyolojik ve Klinik Bulgular

Behçet Sendromunda Epidemiyolojik ve Klinik Bulgular

SUMMARY Clinical Findings and Epidemiology in Behçet's Syndrome In the epidemiologic study we made on 54 patients with Behcet's Syndro¬me; Male/Female ratio was 1.6/1, and the majority of the patients were 31-40 years old. The first symptoms appeared at an average age of 27.++ 1.10 years independent of sex. The average duration of the illness was 6.2 + 0.55 years. The most frequent initial findings of the disease were aphtae, genital ulcer and acneiform eruptions, in order of frequency. Oral aphtae was deter¬mined to be the first lesion in 90.8 % of the patients and 25.9 % of the patients had Complete Behçet's Syndrome, 74.1 % of the patients had Incomplete Behçet's Syndrome and it was determined that pathergie test was { + ) in 81.5 % of the patients and the test scores were unrelated to sex. (p>0.05) The family history was determined positive in 7.4 % of the patients.
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