Info on kidney involvement & neuro-BD

Here are a couple of recently-released abstracts/articles.
They are very technical, but will still be useful for your doctor(s).


Renal [kidney] Behcet's disease: An update
Tekin Akpolat MD, Melda Dilek MD, Kenan Aksu MD, et al.
Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 10/31/08
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2007.11.001

The aims of this study are (1) to report 33 patients with Behçet's disease (BD) having various renal manifestations, and (2) to update current data using our patients and published papers about BD and renal manifestations.

Case of the week: Neuro-Behcet
Full article available online, for free
October 26, 2008 — In this case record, Professor Metwally [Professor of neurology, Ain Shams university, Cairo, Egypt] discusses a case presented with the clinical diagnosis of Neuro-Behcet.