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MeSH Heading: Behcet Syndrome
Tree Number(s): C07.465.075; C11.941.879.780.880.200; C14.907.940.100; C16.320.382.250; C17.800.827.368.250; C17.800.862.150
Unique ID: D001528
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001528
Annotation: in translations spell Behçet's, not Behcet's
Scope Note: Rare chronic inflammatory disease involving the small blood vessels. It is of unknown etiology and characterized by mucocutaneous ulceration in the mouth and genital region and uveitis with hypopyon. The neuro-ocular form may cause blindness and death. SYNOVITIS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; gastrointestinal ulcerations; RETINAL VASCULITIS; and OPTIC ATROPHY may occur as well.
Entry Term(s): Adamantiades-Behcet Disease; Behcet Disease; Behcet Triple Symptom Complex; Behcet's Disease; Behcet's Syndrome; Behçet Disease; Old Silk Route Disease; Triple Symptom Complex; Triple-Symptom Complex
NLM Classification #: WG 505
Public MeSH Note: 2003; see BEHCET'S SYNDROME 1963-2002
History Note: 2003 (1963)
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/01/16

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0002296
Scope Note: Rare chronic inflammatory disease involving the small blood vessels. It is of unknown etiology and characterized by mucocutaneous ulceration in the mouth and genital region and uveitis with hypopyon. The neuro-ocular form may cause blindness and death. SYNOVITIS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; gastrointestinal ulcerations; RETINAL VASCULITIS; and OPTIC ATROPHY may occur as well.
Terms: Behcet Syndrome Preferred Term
Term UI T459777
Date08/31/2001
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Behcet's Syndrome
Term UI T004437
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Triple-Symptom Complex
Term UI T004438
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Behcet Disease
Term UI T459778
Date08/31/2001
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Behçet Disease
Term UI T840990
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Adamantiades-Behcet Disease
Term UI T840991
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Behcet Triple Symptom Complex
Term UI T840992
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Old Silk Route Disease
Term UI T840993
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Behcet's Disease
Term UI T000998295
Date11/20/2019
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Triple Symptom Complex
Term UI T840994
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

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