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Behcet Disease

Research reports from Mayo Clinic provide new insights into Behcet disease

Published in Immunotherapy Weekly, July 1st, 2009

"Behcet's disease (BD) is a rare, multisystem inflammatory disorder of unknown cause. Although well-documented in Eastern populations, epidemiologic data is scarce in North American countries," scientists in the United States report.

"Here we describe the incidence and prevalence of BD in Olmsted County, Minnesota over 45 years. We identified an incidence cohort of subjects age >= 18 years who had a clinical diagnosis of and/or fulfilled the International Study Group (ISG) criteria for BD from January 1, 1960 to January 1, 2005. Age- and sex-specific incidence and prevalence were estimated and age- and sex-adjusted to the 2000 US total population. The study...

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