Behçet’s Syndrome

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction: Dedicated Mondays and an Acquaintance-Based View of Behçet’s Syndrome

   • Hasan Yazıcı

   Pages 1-5

3. History and Diagnosis

   • Colin G. Barnes

   Pages 7-33

4. Epidemiology of Behçet’s Syndrome and Regional Differences in Disease Expression

   • Sebahattin Yurdakul, Yusuf Yazıcı

   Pages 35-52

5. The Mucocutaneous Manifestations and Pathergy Reaction in Behçet’s Disease

   • M. Cem Mat, Dongsik Bang, Melike Melikoğlu

   Pages 53-72

6. Eye Disease in Behçet’s Syndrome

   • Yılmaz Özyazgan, Bahram Bodaghi

   Pages 73-94

7. Behçet’s Syndrome and the Nervous System

   • Aksel Siva, Shunsei Hirohata

   Pages 95-113

8. Vascular Disease in Behçet’s Syndrome

   • Vedat Hamuryudan, Melike Melikoğlu

   Pages 115-133

9. Endothelial Dysfunction and Atherosclerosis in Behçet’s Syndrome

   • Emire Seyahi, İzzet Fresko, Hasan Yazıcı

   Pages 135-148

10. Locomotor System Disease in Behçet’s Syndrome

    • Sebahattin Yurdakul, Gülen Hatemi

    Pages 149-163

11. Behçet’s Disease: Gastrointestinal Involvement

    • Jae Hee Cheon, Aykut Ferhat Çelik, Won Ho Kim

    Pages 165-188

12. Miscellaneous Manifestations of Behçet’s Disease

    • Kenneth T. Calamia, İzzet Fresko

    Pages 189-204

13. Juvenile Behçet’s Syndrome

    • Emire Seyahi, Huri Özdoğan

    Pages 205-214

14. Behçet’s Disease: Pathology

    • Cuyan Demirkesen, Büge Öz, Süha Göksel

    Pages 215-241

15. Disease Mechanisms

    • Haner Direskeneli, Güher Saruhan-Direskeneli

    Pages 243-264

16. Genetics of Behçet’s Disease

    • Ahmet Gül, Shigeaki Ohno

    Pages 265-276

17. Animal Models of Behçet’s Disease

    • Ehud Baharav, Abraham Weinberger, Felix Mor, Ilan Krause

    Pages 277-284

18. Prognosis in Behçet’s Syndrome

    • Emire Seyahi, Hasan Yazıcı

    Pages 285-298

19. Disease Assessment in Behçet’s Disease

    • Gonca Mumcu, Yusuf Yazıcı, M. Anne Chamberlain

    Pages 299-315

20. Medical Management of Behçet’s Syndrome

    • Vedat Hamuryudan, Ina Kötter

    Pages 317-338

Behçet’s Syndrome has seen great strides over the last two decades in the availability of new treatments and the understanding of underlying pathogenesis. Only 30 years ago the majority of particularly young men with Behçet’s lost total eye sight, now only a minority do. This book covers the most recent developments in the basic and clinical aspects of Behçet’s Syndrome. International authorities have collaborated to offer their diverse expert knowledge on the multiple affected organs and systems, including the skin, the eye, the brain, the lungs and not the least the gastrointestinal and the locomotor systems. A special chapter is devoted to juvenile disease. The definitive resource on Behçet’s Syndrome, this book is well suited for rheumatologists, dermatologists, ophthalmologists, neurologists, and health professionals caring for Behçet’s patients.

• Autoimmune
• Behcet's
• Behçet’s Disease
• Behçet’s Syndrome
• Nervous System
• Rheumatology
• Silk Road Disease
• Uveitis
• Yazici

From the reviews:

“In this comprehensive overview of Behcet’s syndrome, world experts review the variety of manifestations of the disease, present the current evidence for treatment, and finally discuss the mechanisms and pathogenesis behind the disease. … The book is written for general practitioners, detailed enough to be useful for anyone who takes care of patients with Behcet’s syndrome but easily understood by anyone with a medical degree. … This is the most complete description and review of Behcet’s syndrome I have seen.” (Lesley M. Davila, Doody’s Review Service, December, 2010)

• Hospital for Joint Diseases, Behçet's Syndrome Center, NYU Medical Center, New York, USA

  Yusuf Yazıcı

• , Department of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

  Hasan Yazıcı

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