A national cohort study on pediatric Behçet's disease: cross-sectional data from an Italian registry

• Main Authors: Romina Gallizzi (Author), Caterina Pidone (Author), Luca Cantarini (Author), Martina Finetti (Author), Marco Cattalini (Author), Giovanni Filocamo (Author), Antonella Insalaco (Author), Donato Rigante (Author), Rita Consolini (Author), Maria Cristina Maggio (Author), Adele Civino (Author), Silvana Martino (Author), Alma Nunzia Olivieri (Author), Giovanna Fabio (Author), Serena Pastore (Author), Angela Mauro (Author), Diana Sutera (Author), Giuseppe Trimarchi (Author), Nicolino Ruperto (Author), Marco Gattorno (Author), Rolando Cimaz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Behçet's disease is a rare multi-systemic inflammatory disease with unknown etiology which involves principally oral and genital mucosa, skin and eyes. Average age at onset of the disease is about 25-30 years, but it may be diagnosed before the age of 16. It is not very rar...