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. 1980 Mar-Apr;7(2):206-10.

The combined use of HLA-B5 and the pathergy test as diagnostic markers of Behçet's disease in Turkey

H Yazici, Y Tuzun, H Pazarli, B Yalcin, S Yurdakul, A Muftuoglu
  • PMID: 7373623

The combined use of HLA-B5 and the pathergy test as diagnostic markers of Behçet's disease in Turkey

H Yazici et al. J Rheumatol. 1980 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Forty-one of 49 (84%) patients with Behçet's disease in Turkey carried HLA-B5 (positive B5). Forty of the same 49 (82%) patients had a nonspecific skin hyperreactivity to needle prick (positive pathergy). There were no patients in whom both of these tests were negative.

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