Chapter 13 - Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)»Systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)»Behçet's disease (M35.2)
M35.2
Behçet's disease
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Behcet Syndrome49 drugs (38 approved, 11 experimental)
Rare chronic inflammatory disease involving the small blood vessels. It is of unknown etiology and characterized by mucocutaneous ulceration in the mouth and genital region and uveitis with hypopyon. The neuro-ocular form may cause blindness and death. SYNOVITIS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; gastrointestinal ulcerations; RETINAL VASCULITIS; and OPTIC ATROPHY may occur as well.