This is a good resource for learning about vasculitis. Patients can register on this site to learn about upcoming clinical trials.

France:

Development of a new early diagnosis tool for child's Behcet disease in order to set up international epidemiological studies

Germany:

AID-NET: Autoinflammatory disorders (AID) in children: Genetics, disease mechanisms, diagnostic markers, and therapeutic (coordination)

Italy:

Clinical and genetic factors associated to susceptibility and prognosis of vasculitis

Status: Recruiting, Condition Summary: Behcet's Disease

The goal of this study is to examine the efficacy of 1gram/day intravenous pulses of methylprednisolone on 3 consecutive days in Behcet's patients with ocular involvement...

This study is not yet open for participant recruitment.

For much of her 17 years, Maggie has watched her mother, Helen King, 44, struggle with Behcet's Disease, an autoimmune disorder that has no cure. Behçet's causes damage to blood vessels throughout the body, inflicting patients with swollen veins that can lead to chronic pain, sores and fatigue as well as vision problems; the disease also can result in brain lesions and strokes.

Schlichting plans to use the scholarship to pursue master's degrees in public health and public policy. Equal access to health care is important to Schlichting, who was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder, Behcet's disease, during her freshman year of college.

There are 15 diseases that fall under the umbrella of vasculitis. These range from Behcet’s disease to Microscopic Polyangiitis. The diseases are classified as rare and can affect people of all ages...

From: Cambridge Times

From FEDER's 2011 Newsletter, in Spanish, use Google Translate. 

Boletín de 2011 del FEDER en español. 

Millie was a poet, new media artist, mathmetician, and patient advocate. Unfortunately, she passed away at age 36 with complications related to her Behcet's disease. Her mother Martha shares Millie's amazing story here.

Richards, who set the American 400m record of 48.70 in 2006, suffers with the rare ailment Behcet's disease, which can cause mouth ulcers that make eating painful and lesions that bring pain to the skin on her legs.

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Clinical phenotypes of Behçet disease (BD) vary among ethnic groups. We chronologically analyzed the clinical manifestations of BD in 412 patients meeting the Japanese criteria for BD seen at 2 Yokohama City University...

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This study aims to report the therapeutic effects of anti-tumor necrotic factor antibody, infliximab, for treatment of neuro-Behcet's disease (NBD) and to review the literature. We described four patients (all male, median age 40...

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OPINION STATEMENT: Neurologic involvement in Behçet's disease (BD) is seen in about 5% to 10% of all BD patients. Clinical and imaging data suggest that neurologic involvement in BD presents in two major forms....

CONCLUSION: FSD is more common in BD patients than in healthy subjects. We conclude that depressive mood according to the BDI scale correlates with the sexual status of BD patients, and this may be because of the depressive effect of BD as a chronic disease.

This case supports that infliximab, anti-TNF-alpha agent, is a good candidate for neuro-Behçet's disease treatment when it is resistant to conventional immunosuppressive agents such as corticosteroids or methotrexate.

Currently, there is one Behcet's disease (BD) specific self reporting questionnaire developed and published in the literature, The Leeds BD-quality of life (QoL). We conducted a cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic version of the Leeds BD-QoL...

In a recent report, Fei and coworkers presented the results of the first genome-wide analysis of patients with BD. These findings suggest new pathways for investigation in this complex disease.

OBJECTIVES: Headache is an interesting issue in Behçet's disease (BD). This study aimed to investigate if headache or a special type of headache was correlated with silent neurologic involvement in BD patients without any neurologic sign.

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CASE PRESENTATION: A 12-year-old Caucasian boy with a history of recurrent buccal aphthosis and nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms was admitted to our hospital with blurred vision associated with acute episcleritis and papillitis...

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