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      Criteria for diagnosis of Behçet's disease. International Study Group for Behçet's Disease.

      Lancet (London, England)

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          5 sets of criteria for diagnosis of Behçet's disease are in use--a problem which has hindered interpretation of different studies and collaborative research. An international study group, which included at least one proponent of 4 of the sets, was formed to derive new, internationally agreed diagnostic criteria for Behçet's disease. Data on 914 patients with Behçet's disease, from 12 centres in 7 countries, were compared with controls from the same centres. The new set of diagnostic criteria--which requires the presence of oral ulceration plus any two of genital ulceration, typical defined eye lesions, typical defined skin lesions, or a positive pathergy test--was simpler to use and had an improved discriminatory performance than its predecessors.

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          Lancet
          Lancet (London, England)
          0140-6736
          0140-6736
          May 05 1990
          : 335
          : 8697
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          0140-6736(90)92643-V
          1970380
          28523916-24ae-4674-9cef-80d543d8d19c
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