Prevalence of Behcet's disease in Iran: A WHO-ILAR COPCORD stage I study

APLAR Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-243

  Davatchi, Fereydoun ^a   Jamshidi, Ahmad Reza ^a   Banihashemi, Arash Tehrani ^a   Gholami, Jaleh ^a   Forouzanfar, Mohammed Hossein ^a   Moradi, Maziar ^a   Akhlaghi, Ma'ssoomeh ^a   Khabazi, Ali Reza ^a   Salari, Amir Hossein ^a   Salessi, Mansoor ^a   Karimifar, Mansoor ^a   Essalat Manesh, Kamal ^a   Hadj Aliloo, Mehrzad ^a   Arabzadeh, Bozorgmehr ^a   Alipour, Behrang ^a   Shahram, Farhad ^a   Nadji, Abdolhadi ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; COPCORD; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; GENITAL TRACT INFLAMMATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; JAPAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH INFLAMMATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34547414123     PISSN: 02190494     EISSN: 14798077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8077.2007.00295.x     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Grabauskas V (1983) A World Health Organization perspective. J Rheumatol (Spec Issue) 10, 5-6.
2. Demirhindi O, Yazici H, Binyldiz P (1981) Silivri Fener koyu ve yoresinde Behcet hastaligi sikligi ve bu hastaligin toplum icinde taranmasinda kullanilabilecek bir yontem. Cerrahp Tip Fak Derg 12, 509-14.
3. Yurdakul S, Gunaydin I, Tuzun Y, et al. (1988) The prevalence of Behcet's syndrome in a rural area in Northern Turkey. J Rheumatol 15, 820-2.
4. al-Dalaan AN, al-Balaa SR, el Ramahi K, et al. (1994) Behcet's Disease in Saudi Arabia. J Rheumatol 21, 658-61.
5. Roh J, Won J, Song J, Chinion K, Whang Y, Changsoo K (2000) Prevalence estimation of Behcet's Disease in Korea. In: Bang D, Lee E, Lee S (eds) Behcet's Disease, pp. 72. Design Mecca Publishing, Seoul.
6. Davatchi F, Shahram F, Chams C, et al. (2000) Epidemiology of Behcet's Disease in Iran. In: Bang D, Lee E, Lee S (eds) Behcet's Disease, pp. 589-91. Design Mecca Publishing, Seoul.
7. Dong Y, Ming QX, Zhang NZ, Li CH, Wu QY (1991) Testing different diagnostic criteria of Behcet's syndrome in Chinese patients. In: O'Duffy JD, Kokmen E (eds) Behcet's Disease Basic and Clinical Aspects, pp. 55-99. Marcel Decker Inc, New York.
8. Nakae K, Masaki F, Hashimoto T, Inaba G, Moshizuki M, Sakane T (1993) Recent epidemiological features of Behcet's Disease in Japan. In: Godeau P, Wechsler B (eds) Behcet's Disease, pp. 145-51. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V, Amsterdam.
9. Assaad-Khalil SH, Kamel FA, Ismail EA (1997) Starting regional registry for patients with Behcet's Disease in North-West Nile Delta region in Egypt. In: Hamza M (ed.) Behcet's Disease, pp. 173-6. Publications Adhoua, Tunisia.
10. Sanchez Burson J, Grandal Y, MKendoza M, Montero R, Rejon E, Marenco JL (2000) Clinical characteristics, HLA antigen and mortality in Behcet's syndrome in Spain. In: Bang D, Lee E, Lee S (eds) Behcet's Disease, pp. 604. Design Mecca Publishing, Seoul.
11. O'Duffy JD (1990) Behcet's syndrome. N Engl J Med 322, 326-8.
12. Valesini G, Pivetti Pezzi P, Catarinelli G, Accorinti M, Priori R (1991) Clinical manifestations of Behcet's disease in Italy: Study of 155 patients at Rome University. In: O'Duffy JD, Kokmen E (eds) Behcet's Disease Basic and Clinical Aspects, pp. 279-89. Marcel Decker Inc, New York.
13. Crespo J, Vaz Patto J, Proenca R (2003) Epidemiology of Behcet's Syndrome in Portugal. BD News, Newsletter for Behcet's Disease 4, 1.
14. Zouboulis CC, Kotter I, Djawari D, et al. (1997) Epidemiological features of Adamantiades-Behcet's disease in Germany and in Europe. Yonsei Med J 38, 411-22.
15. Mousa AR, Marafie AA, Rifai KM, Dajani AI, Mukhtar MM (1986) Behcet's disease in Kuwait, Arabia. A report of 29 cases and a review. Scand J Rheumatol 15, 310-20.
16. Chamberlain MA (1977) Behcet's syndrome in 32 patients in Yorkshire. Ann Rheum Dis 36, 491-9.
17. International Team for the Revision of the International Criteria for Behcet's Disease (ITR-ICBD) (2006) Revision of the International Criteria for Behcet's Disease (ICBD). Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Behcet's Disease. Lisbon, September 2006, Portugal.