Objective. Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a chronic, inflammatory vasculitis affecting the aorta
and its major branches. Although it is more prevalent in Far-East Asia, the distribution of the …

Spondyloenchondrodysplasia (SPENCD) is a rare skeletal dysplasia characterized with
platyspondyly and metaphyseal lesions of the long bones mimicking enchondromatosis, …

Takayasu arteritis is a rare inflammatory disease of large arteries. The etiology of Takayasu
arteritis remains poorly understood, but genetic contribution to the disease pathogenesis is …

Behçet's disease is an inflammatory disease characterized by recurrent oral and genital
ulcers and significant organ involvement. Localizing the genetic association between HLA-B*51 …

Vascular involvement is one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in Behçet disease
(BD). There are no controlled studies for the management of vascular BD (VBD), and …

The objectivewas to investigatethe frequencyand characteristicsof tuberculosis(TB) in patients
with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We reviewed the charts of 556 patients with …

It has been generally accepted that the clinical onset of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)
begins before 20 years of age in most patients. In this study, we aimed to investigate the …

Objectives Vascular involvement is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in
Behçet's disease (BD) patients. Immunosuppressive (IS) agents are the mainstay of vascular BD …

The objective was to investigate the predictive factors for avascular necrosis (AVN) of bone
in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The records of 868 patients with SLE …

Introduction HLA-B*51 and HLA-B*52 are two close human leukocyte antigen (HLA) allele
groups with minor amino acid differences. However, they are associated with two different …