Prevalence and patterns of neurological involvement in Behcet's disease: a prospective study from Iraq.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence of neurological involvement in Behcet's disease in a prospective study, and to describe the clinical patterns of neurological presentation in this disease in patients attending a multidisciplinary clinic in Baghdad. METHODS:All patients attending the clinic who fulfilled the international study group criteria for the diagnosis of Behcet's disease were studied during a two year period starting in April 1999. Patients were assessed neurologically by a neuro-Behcetologist. All those with clinical neurological manifestations were sent for CSF examination, cranial magnetic resonance imaging, and magnetic resonance venography and were followed up to explore the patterns of neurological relapse. RESULTS:140 patients with Behcet's disease were studied. Their

SUBMITTER: Al-Araji A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1738436 | biostudies-literature | 2003 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature