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

Hasan Yazıcı, Y Tüzün, Halit Pazarlı, Başak Yalçın, Sabahattin Yurdakul, Asuman Ü. Müftüoğlu

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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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Key concepts: Pathergy, Medicine, Behcet's disease, Dermatology, Disease, Surgery, Internal medicine