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Behçet's disease

Behçet's disease History Gilbert, 1925; Adamantiades, 1931; Behçet, 1937 Definition Chronic, inflammatory, intermittent systemic disease with multiple organ involvement in the context of generalized vasculitis. The main clinical symptom is the triad: aphthae of the oral mucosa, aphthous genital u...

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