Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series

Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multisystemic disease that is very rare in Malaysia. About 5% of patients develop central nervous system involvement, termed neuro-Behçet’s. Neuro-Behçet’s is one of the most serious causes of long-term morbidity and mortality. We report two cases of neuro-Behçet’s associa...

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Autores principales: Othman, Khairuddin, Liza-Sharmini, Ahmad Tajudin, Ibrahim, Mohtar, Tharakan, John, Yanai, Ryoji, Zunaina, Embong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5304997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28223848
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S121863
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author Othman, Khairuddin
Liza-Sharmini, Ahmad Tajudin
Ibrahim, Mohtar
Tharakan, John
Yanai, Ryoji
Zunaina, Embong
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description Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multisystemic disease that is very rare in Malaysia. About 5% of patients develop central nervous system involvement, termed neuro-Behçet’s. Neuro-Behçet’s is one of the most serious causes of long-term morbidity and mortality. We report two cases of neuro-Behçet’s associated with uveitis (ocular BD) highlighting the clinical presentation, diagnostic measurement, and therapeutic management of these cases.
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spelling pubmed-53049972017-02-21 Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series Othman, Khairuddin Liza-Sharmini, Ahmad Tajudin Ibrahim, Mohtar Tharakan, John Yanai, Ryoji Zunaina, Embong Int Med Case Rep J Case Series Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multisystemic disease that is very rare in Malaysia. About 5% of patients develop central nervous system involvement, termed neuro-Behçet’s. Neuro-Behçet’s is one of the most serious causes of long-term morbidity and mortality. We report two cases of neuro-Behçet’s associated with uveitis (ocular BD) highlighting the clinical presentation, diagnostic measurement, and therapeutic management of these cases. Dove Medical Press 2017-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5304997/ /pubmed/28223848 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S121863 Text en © 2017 Othman et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series
title Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series
title_full Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series
title_fullStr Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series
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title_short Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5304997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28223848
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S121863
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