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Descriptor English:   Behcet Syndrome 
Descriptor Spanish:   Síndrome de Behçet 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Síndrome de Behçet 
Synonyms English:   Behcet Disease
Behcet's Syndrome
Triple-Symptom Complex  
Tree Number:   C07.465.075
C11.941.879.780.880.200
C14.907.940.100
C17.800.862.150
Definition English:   Rare chronic inflammatory disease involving the small blood vessels. It is of unknown etiology and characterized by mucocutaneous ulceration in the mouth and genital region and uveitis with hypopyon. The neuro-ocular form may cause blindness and death. SYNOVITIS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; gastrointestinal ulcerations; RETINAL VASCULITIS; and OPTIC ATROPHY may occur as well. 
Indexing Annotation English:   in translations spell Behçet's, not Behcet's
History Note English:   2003 (1963) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   28255 
Unique Identifier:   D001528 

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