Behcet's Disease: New Concepts in Cardiovascular Involvements and Future Direction for Treatment

Behcet's disease (BD) is the only systemic vasculitis involving both arteries and vein in any sizes. It frequently encounters in rheumatology clinics. It has some major morbidities and even fatal outcomes in some cases. The aim of this paper is to analyze the main concepts on pathophysiology an...

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Autores principales: Owlia, M. B., Mehrpoor, G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scholarly Research Network 2012
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3317002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22530146
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/760484
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description Behcet's disease (BD) is the only systemic vasculitis involving both arteries and vein in any sizes. It frequently encounters in rheumatology clinics. It has some major morbidities and even fatal outcomes in some cases. The aim of this paper is to analyze the main concepts on pathophysiology and treatment options in BD, focusing on cardiovascular aspects, thrombosis, and potential future treatment.
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spelling pubmed-33170022012-04-23 Behcet's Disease: New Concepts in Cardiovascular Involvements and Future Direction for Treatment Owlia, M. B. Mehrpoor, G. ISRN Pharmacol Review Article Behcet's disease (BD) is the only systemic vasculitis involving both arteries and vein in any sizes. It frequently encounters in rheumatology clinics. It has some major morbidities and even fatal outcomes in some cases. The aim of this paper is to analyze the main concepts on pathophysiology and treatment options in BD, focusing on cardiovascular aspects, thrombosis, and potential future treatment. International Scholarly Research Network 2012-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3317002/ /pubmed/22530146 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/760484 Text en Copyright © 2012 M. B. Owlia and G. Mehrpoor. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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