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Rheumatology 1999; 38: 1018-1019
© 1999 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Lung function in Adamantiades–Behçet disease

G. Tatsis, G. Vaiopoulos, T. Tassiopoulos, A. Votsiou, A. Peristerakis and J. Jordanoglou

Pulmonary Department and First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Correspondence to: G. Vaiopoulos, First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Agiou Thoma 17, Goudi, Athens 115 27, Greece.

SIR, Adamantiades–Behçet disease (A-BD) is a multisystemic inflammatory relapsing disease of unknown aetiology, mainly characterized by recurrent aphthous and genital ulceration, skin involvement, uveitis, arthritis, venous occlusion and neurological disorders [1, 2]. Males and young people frequently have more severe disease [3]. Recently, internationally agreed diagnostic criteria have been proposed [4]. Lung function in A-BD has been under investigation for many years with controversial results [5]. It seems that the major lung dysfunction is . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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