Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disorder currently classified as a vasculitis. Its etiopathogenesis is unclear, but environmental, genetic and autoimmune factors have been ...

Less common causes of inflammation in the GI tract include: microscopic colitis diverticulosis-associated colitis collagenous colitis lymphocytic colitis Behçet’s disease Genetic factors are ...

Immunogenetic studies showed that Behçet's disease has a primary association with HLA-B antigen (HLA-BW51) and the same association throughout the world, whereas, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada's disease ...

Behçet’s patients also suffer from recurrent clotting throughout the body – even when they have been treated with anticoagulants. Professor Fortune’s team discovered that clotting happens because of ...

such as Crohn’s disease and Behçet’s disease, is also a challenge as, superficially, they have similar features. Although researchers have long suspected that an overactive immune system is ...