Authors
Isabelle Koné-Paut, Martha Darce-Bello, Farahd Shahram, Marco Gattorno, Rolando Cimaz, Seza Ozen, Luca Cantarini, Ilknur Tugal-Tutktun, Samir Assaad-Khalil, Michael Hofer, Jasmin Kuemmerle-Deschner, Saida Benamour, Souleymane Al Mayouf, Christine Pajot, Jordi Anton, Albert Faye, Wafa Bono, Susan Nielsen, Alexia Letierce, Tu-Anh Tran, PED-BD International Expert Committee
Publication date
2011/1/1
Journal
Rheumatology
Volume
50
Issue
1
Pages
184-188
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Objective. To set-up an international cohort of patients suspected with Behçet’s disease (BD). The cohort is aimed at defining an algorithm for definition of the disease in children.
Methods. International experts have defined the inclusion criteria as follows: recurrent oral aphthosis (ROA) plus one of following—genital ulceration, erythema nodosum, folliculitis, pustulous/acneiform lesions, positive pathergy test, uveitis, venous/arterial thrombosis and family history of BD. Onset of disease is <16 years, disease duration is ≤3 years, future follow-up duration is ≥4 years and informed consent is obtained. The expert committee has classified the included patients into: definite paediatric BD (PED-BD), probable PED-BD and no PED-BD. Statistical analysis is performed to compare the three groups of patients. Centres document their patients into a single database.
Results. At January 2010 …
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