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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Caporuscio, S
• Pranteda, G
• Nistico, S
• Maucione, T
• Canzoni, M
• Stefani, A
• Muscianese, M
• Fanto, M
• Sorgi, M

Titel

An incomplete form of childhood Behçet's disease treated with infliximab

Ist Teil von

• International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology, 2014, Vol.27 (3), p.445-448

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Behçet's disease (BD) is a multi-systemic vasculitis characterized by the possible presence of cutaneous, ocular, articular and neurological manifestations. In this report, we examine the case of a fifteen-year old boy with an incomplete form of juvenile Behçet's disease which began with joint involvement and developed into a complete form only after several years. The patient showed a rapid response to anti-TNF-alpha (infliximab) with an improvement of mucocutaneous lesions (oral and genital ulcers, pseudofolliculitis) and arthritis.