Abstract: Since our first report in 1987 to the 11th EULAR congress of rheumatology several reports had shown the efficacy of PCP in posterior uveitis (PU) and retinal vasculitis (RV) of BD. The aim of this report is to show the safety and the efficacy of PCP even in patients who have been followed for more than 2 years (49 cases) . PCP was given as 1g/m2/body surface, once per month, ...
Iran Behcet's Disease Dynamic Activity Measure (IBDDAM).
Abstract: The evaluation of the inflammatory state of Behcet`s Disease and it's quantification is most difficult. The difficulty is due to the recurrent attacks and spontaneous remissions that characterizes the disease. In IBDDAM the patients is evaluated on several weeks or months. Each attack is measured separately and given an index. The obtained indexes are added together and the total is divided by the number of months of the evaluation period. ...