[HTML][HTML] Pathergy test with a 23G needle with and without self-saliva in patients with Behçet's disease, recurrent aphthous stomatitis and control group compared to the …

S Shenavandeh, SMK Sadeghi, E Aflaki - Reumatologia, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives The pathergy test (PT) is part of the diagnostic criteria of Behçet's disease (BD).
Factors like needle character and number of punctures can affect the sensitivity of PT. We …

[HTML][HTML] Serum human β-defensin-1 (hBD-1) and-20G/A DEFB1 gene polymorphism in Behçet's disease patients: Relation to clinical characteristics

D El Gibaly, DA Labib, HL Fayed, A Eldash - The Egyptian Rheumatologist, 2023 - Elsevier
Aim of the work: Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystemic inflammatory disease of unknown
cause. Beta defensins (β-defensins) are endogenous antimicrobial peptides that have the …