Adamantiades-Behcet's Disease

This collection of 129 papers from the June 2002 conference investigates the epidemiology of Behcet's disease (silk road disease), its diagnostic criteria, prognostic parameters, methods for assessment of disease activity and quality of life, pathogenesis, genetics, immunology, and treatment. The mucocutaneous, ocular, and neurological manifestation of the disease are described as well as the mechanisms of cardiovascular involvement. Other topics include the influence of gender on the frequency of clinical symptoms, the detection of microbial DNA in skin lesions, HLA typing for class I and class II antigens in Iraqi patients, low serum mannose-binding lectin levels, and alpha-interferon treatment of retinal vasculitis.