| Literature DB >> 3281606 |
N Dilşen1, M Koniçe, O Aral, T Erbengi, V Uysal, N Koçak, E Ozdogan.
Abstract
The association of amyloidosis with Behçet's disease has infrequently been reported in published works. Twenty four such cases have been observed in the world, of which 12 are from Turkey, including eight of ours. In all our eight cases renal biopsy showed amyloidosis of type AA. Behçet's disease of male preponderance, long duration, complete type, multiple organ involvement, and positive skin pathergy test were the main characteristics of all 24 cases of Behçet's disease with amyloidosis. We conclude that amyloidosis associated with Behçet's disease is a secondary AA amyloidosis occurring as an intrinsic manifestation of Behçet's disease.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID： 3281606 PMCID： PMC1003469 DOI： 10.1136/ard.47.2.157
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Rheum Dis ISSN： 0003-4967 Impact factor: 19.103