Epidemiological and clinical features of Behcet's disease in Korea
Yonsei Medical Journal
;
: 428-436, 1997.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-217297
ABSTRACT
Behcet's disease occurs with a high prevalence in the Far East including Korea. In this report we inspected 1,155 patients with Behcet's disease and collected information concerning the clinical and epidemiologic features of Behcet's disease in Korea. In summary, patients in their 30s were the most common, with the most common age of onset in the 20s; the sex ratio was 0.631 with female predominance; according to revised Shimizu's classification, the order of frequency of the different types was incomplete (38.2%), suspected (25.4%), possible (20.3%) and complete (16.1%); oral ulcers were the most frequent major symptom (97.5%) and the most common initial symptom (78.5%); erythema nodosum-like lesion (55.3%) was the most common type of skin lesion; a seasonal aggravation of the disease was observed in 21.3% of patients; and the most common type of childhood onset Behcet's disease was suspected type.
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Índice:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Síndrome de Behçet
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Adolescente
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Distribuição por Sexo
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Distribuição por Idade
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Coreia (Geográfico)
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Pessoa de Meia-Idade
Limite:
Adulto
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Idoso
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Criança
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Yonsei Medical Journal
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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