The Influence of Age on Behcet s Disease Activity

ALKAN MELİKOĞLU M., MELİKOĞLU M.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, cilt.40, ss.68-71, 2008 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 40
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.68-71
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Age, Behcet's disease, Disease activity
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Behcet's disease (BD) is a multi-systemic vasculitis characterized by a relapsing and remitting, rather than a persisting, disease course. It is thought that BD activity decreases as the age of the afflicted individual increases. Furthermore, disease severity is reported to be greater in individuals that first present with the disease at a young age. This study investigates the association between disease activity scores and both the current ages of BD patients and patient age at disease onset.