Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series
Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multisystemic disease that is very rare in Malaysia. About 5% of patients develop central nervous system involvement, termed neuro-Behçet’s. Neuro- Behçet’s is one of the most serious causes of long-term morbidity and mortality. We report two cases of neuro-Behçet’s ass...
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| author | Khairuddin, Othman Ahmad Tajudin, Liza Sharmini Mohtar, Ibrahim John, Tharakan Ryoji, Yanai Embong, Zunaina |
| author_facet | Khairuddin, Othman Ahmad Tajudin, Liza Sharmini Mohtar, Ibrahim John, Tharakan Ryoji, Yanai Embong, Zunaina |
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| description | Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multisystemic disease that is very rare in Malaysia. About
5% of patients develop central nervous system involvement, termed neuro-Behçet’s. Neuro-
Behçet’s is one of the most serious causes of long-term morbidity and mortality. We report two
cases of neuro-Behçet’s associated with uveitis (ocular BD) highlighting the clinical presentation,
diagnostic measurement, and therapeutic management of these cases. |
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| spelling | usm-372082017-10-20T01:02:28Z http://eprints.usm.my/37208/ Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series Khairuddin, Othman Ahmad Tajudin, Liza Sharmini Mohtar, Ibrahim John, Tharakan Ryoji, Yanai Embong, Zunaina RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RE Ophthalmology Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multisystemic disease that is very rare in Malaysia. About 5% of patients develop central nervous system involvement, termed neuro-Behçet’s. Neuro- Behçet’s is one of the most serious causes of long-term morbidity and mortality. We report two cases of neuro-Behçet’s associated with uveitis (ocular BD) highlighting the clinical presentation, diagnostic measurement, and therapeutic management of these cases. Dove Medical Press 2017-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/37208/1/%28Severe_panuveitis_in_neuro-Beh%C3%A7et%E2%80%99s%29_MCRJ-121863-severe-panuveitis-in-neuro-behcet-disease-in-malaysia--a-cas_012417_020717.pdf Khairuddin, Othman and Ahmad Tajudin, Liza Sharmini and Mohtar, Ibrahim and John, Tharakan and Ryoji, Yanai and Embong, Zunaina (2017) Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series. International Medical Case Reports Journal, 10. pp. 35-40. ISSN 1179-142X https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5304997/ |
| spellingShingle | RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RE Ophthalmology Khairuddin, Othman Ahmad Tajudin, Liza Sharmini Mohtar, Ibrahim John, Tharakan Ryoji, Yanai Embong, Zunaina Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series |
| title | Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series |
| title_full | Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series |
| title_fullStr | Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series |
| title_full_unstemmed | Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series |
| title_short | Severe panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series |
| title_sort | severe panuveitis in neuro-behçet’s disease in malaysia: a case series |
| topic | RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RE Ophthalmology |
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