"This condition is named after Hulusi Behçet (1889-1948), a Turkish dermatologist, who described it in 1937 14. However, this was likely not the first description of the disease. Benediktos Adamantiades (1875–1962), a Greek ophthalmologist, described the classic triad of oral ulcers, genital ulcers, ocular involvement, accompanying arthritis and thrombophlebitis, in 1930 5,16. Another Greek physician, Hippocrates of Kos (460-377 BC), may have actually provided the initial description many centuries prior in his third Epidemion book 15,16."
"HLA-B51: present in 50-80% of affected patients, although can be present in up to 25% of unaffected people depending on the geographic region 12"
"This condition is named after Hulusi Behçet (1889-1948), a Turkish dermatologist, who described it in 1937 14. However, this was likely not the first description of the disease. Benediktos Adamantiades (1875–1962), a Greek ophthalmologist, described the classic triad of oral ulcers, genital ulcers, ocular involvement, accompanying arthritis and thrombophlebitis, in 1930 5,16. Another Greek physician, Hippocrates of Kos (460-377 BC), may have actually provided the initial description many centuries prior in his third Epidemion book 15,16."
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"This condition is named after Hulusi Behçet (1889-1948), a Turkish dermatologist, who described it in 1937 14. However, this was likely not the first description of the disease. Benediktos Adamantiades (1875–1962), a Greek ophthalmologist, described the classic triad of oral ulcers, genital ulcers, ocular involvement, accompanying arthritis and thrombophlebitis, in 1930 5,16. Another Greek physician, Hippocrates of Kos (460-377 BC), may have actually provided the initial description many centuries prior in his third Epidemion book 15,16."