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ReviewInternational journal of rheumatology2017

Knitting the Threads of Silk through Time: Behçet's Disease-Past, Present, and Future.

Fahd Adeeb, Austin G Stack, Alexander D Fraser

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Review in International journal of rheumatology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Fahd AdeebDepartment of Rheumatology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-9444-0810
Austin G StackGraduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Alexander D FraserDepartment of Rheumatology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic relapsing vasculitis that affects vessels of all types and sizes with a broad spectrum of phenotypic heterogeneity and complex immunopathogenesis. Efforts by the scientific community to resolve the unmet needs of BD and gaps in our knowledge have been hampered by considerable challenges that primarily relate to the rare nature of the disease in many parts of the world and its heterogeneity. Controversies remain in many aspects of the disease including the diagnostic criteria, immunopathogenesis and biomarker discovery, geographical variation, and therapeutic considerations. In this review, we highlight recent advances in our scientific understanding of BD, shed new insights into diagnostic and treatment strategies, and discuss residual gaps in our knowledge that will serve as the basis for current and future research.

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PMID29081805
PMCPMC5610876

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