1979Acta Dermato VenereologicaOpen access

The usefulness of the nonspecific skin hyperreactivity (the pathergy test) in Behçet's disease in Turkey

Y Tüzün, H. Yazici, Halit Pazarlı, Başak Yalçın, Sebahattin Yurdakul, Ahmet Muftuoglu

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49 of 58 (84%) patients with Behçet's disease in Turkey had a positive pathergy test; the same test proved positive in 3 of the 90 (3%) of healthy and diseased contols.

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49 of 58 (84%) patients with Behçet's disease in Turkey had a positive pathergy test; the same test proved positive in 3 of the 90 (3%) of healthy and diseased contols.

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49 of 58 (84%) patients with Behçet's disease in Turkey had a positive pathergy test; the same test proved positive in 3 of the 90 (3%) of healthy and diseased contols.

Key concepts: Pathergy, Behcet's disease, Medicine, Dermatology, Behcet disease, Disease, Test (biology), Pathology

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