Adamantiades-Behçet's Disease

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. History

   1. Initial Contributions of Adamantiades and Behçet

      • Kenneth T. Calamia, Eric L. Matteson

      Pages 3-5

   2. A Historical Review of Adamantiades-behçet’s Disease

      • Christos C. Zouboulis, Wolfgang Keitel

      Pages 7-14

3. Epidemiology

   1. Multicentre Clinical Registries

      • Peter Martus

      Pages 17-24

   2. Epidemiology of Behçet’s Disease in Asian Countries and Japan

      • Fumio Kaneko, Koichiro Nakamura, Masataka Sato, Michiko Tojo, Xueyi Zheng, Jian-Zhong Zhang

      Pages 25-29

   3. Recent Epidemiological Data on Behçet’s Disease in Iran

      • F. Shahram, F. Davatchi, A. Nadji, A. Jamshidi, H. Chams, C. Chams et al.

      Pages 31-36

   4. Prevalence of Behçet’s Disease among Iraqis

      • Z.S. Al-Rawi, A.H. Neda

      Pages 37-41

   5. Current Epidemiological Data from the German Registry of Adamantiades-Behçet’s Disease

      • Ch.C. Zouboulis, I. Kötter, D. Djawari, L. Krause, U. Pleyer, R. Stadler et al.

      Pages 43-48

   6. Heterogenity of Clinical Manifestations in Behçet’s Disease among Different Ethnic Groups

      • Alexander Yelonakov, Zemphira Alekberova, Victor Yasdovsky

      Pages 49-51

   7. Behçet’s Disease in Patients of German and Turkish Origin — A Comparative Study

      • Ina Kötter, Reinhard Vonthein, Ilhan Günaydin, Claudia Müller, Lothar Kanz, Manfred Zierhut et al.

      Pages 53-58

   8. Influence of Sex on Patients with Behçet’s Disease in Korea

      • Dongsik Bang, Sangho Oh, Kwang-Hoon Lee, Eun-So Lee, Sungnack Lee

      Pages 59-63

   9. The Influence of Gender on the Frequency of Clinical Symptoms in Behçet’s Disease

      • F. Davatchi, F. Shahram, C. Chams, H. Chams, A. Nadji, A.R. Jamshidi et al.

      Pages 65-66

   10. The Influence of Gender on the Severity and the Outcome of Ocular Lesions in Behçet’s Disease

       • F. Davatchi, F. Shahram, H. Chams, A. Nadji, A.R. Jamshidi, C. Chams et al.

       Pages 67-71

   11. The Implications of Nonaphthous Beginning of Behçet’s Disease

       • Nihat Dilsen

       Pages 73-76

   12. Clinical Manifestations and Course of 200 Japanese Patients with Behçet’s Disease

       • C. Tanaka, T. Matsuda, E. Hayashi, Y. Imamura, S. Ozaki

       Pages 77-79

   13. Clinical Presentation of Behçet’s Disease in Internal Medicine

       • B. Dianati, S. Saliba, G. Etienne, X. Delbrel, M. Grenouillet, P. Mercie et al.

       Pages 81-82

   14. The Change of Clinical Manifestations of Patients with Behçet’s Disease in Japan

       • Satoshi Kotake, Kenichi Namba, Kozue Higashi, Chiho Goda, Toshihide Ariga, Aya Ogawa et al.

       Pages 83-84

   15. Chronology of Clinical Manifestations in Behçet’s Disease

       • F. Shahram, K. Assadi, F. Davatchi, A. Nadji, A. Jamshidi, C. Chams et al.

       Pages 85-89

   16. General Aspects and Clinical Manifestations of 100 Iraqi Patients with Behçet’s Disease

       • Makram M. Al-Waiz, Ikbal Kh. Al-Joofy, Raad K. Muslih, Khalida M. Mousawy

       Pages 91-94

   17. The Prevalence of Behçet’s Syndrome and Its Neurological Complications in Hertfordshire, U.K.

       • Desmond Kidd

       Pages 95-97

It is with great pleasure that I write this Foreword to the Proceedings of the International Conference on Behçet’s Disease which was held in Berlin in June 2002. This was the first International Conference held under the auspices of the International Society for Behçet’s Disease which was founded in 2000 in Seoul. First, I congratulate our colleagues in Berlin, led by Professor Christos Zouboulis of the Department of Dermatology at the Free University of Berlin, for having organised a most successful conference and for having compiled these proceedings so rapidly. It will be realised immediately on scanning the contents of this book that the conference was truly international with 210 participants from 26 countries, as Professor Zouboulis has noted in his preface. These included basic scientists, epidemiologists, pathologists, clinicians and, importantly, representatives from patient organisations. The latter held their own conference alongside the scientific-medical conference to mutual benefit. The combined session of patients and doctors (abstracts on pp 601 – 626) gave the opportunity for an exchange of information and fruitful discussion. The wide ranging scope of the communications is evident from the index and it was most encouraging to see their origin – from all parts of the world, from senior and junior colleagues and, from many different disciplines. Many communications may be regarded as preliminary reports of research in progress and we look forward to seeing the definitive publications in appropriate journals in due course.

• Chemokine
• antigen
• blood
• cytokine
• epidemiology
• imaging
• immunology
• infectious
• pathogenesis
• pathology
• plasma
• prevention
• research
• therapy
• uveitis

• University Medical Center Benjamin Franklin, The Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  Christos C. Zouboulis

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