Amyloidosis and Behçet's Disease

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Comments1 December 1975Amyloidosis and Behçet's DiseaseVINCENT BERONIADE, M.D., D.SC.VINCENT BERONIADE, M.D., D.SC.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-83-6-904 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: The recent paper by Rosenthal and colleagues (1) reports three patients with systemic amyloidosis and Behcet's disease. They quote a previous paper by us (2) describing three cases of renal involvement in Behçet's disease. As our paper was published in a local journal in Rumania and some peculiar aspects differentiate our patients from those of Rosenthal and colleagues, we believe it worthwhile to summarize our findings.In our patients, the renal involvement manifested itself from 2 to 9 years after the first sign of the disease. They all had massive proteinuria (4 to 12 g/24 h), hypoproteinemia...References1. ROSENTHALBANKALADJEM THM: Systemic amyloidosis in Behçet's disease. Ann Intern Med 83:220-223, 1975 LinkGoogle Scholar2. NESTORBERONIADECARNARU GVS: Behcet's disease with renal involvement (with reference to three anatomo-clinical cases). Med Interna (Bucarest) 21:1511-1518, 1969 MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Department of Medicine Nephrology-Hypertension Section University of Montreal Hôtel-Dieu of Montreal Montreal, Quebec Canada PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByCardiac findings in Behçet’s patientsPulmonary Vasculitis in Behçet DiseaseRenal Behçet's disease: A cumulative analysisBehçet's Disease and AmyloidosisTakayasu's disease presenting as a nephrotic syndrome due to amyloidosis.Henoch-Schönlein Purpura With Nephritis in a Patient With Behçet's DiseaseBehÇet’s disease associated with amyloidosisAmylose rénale et digestive et maladie de BehçetSuperior Vena Cava Syndrome in Behçet's DiseaseBehcet’s Syndrome and Renal Involvement: A Histological and Immunofluorescent Study of Eleven Renal BiopsiesCase 19-1982Pathologische Anatomie oraler AphthosenKidney involvement in Beh�et's syndromeBehçet's Syndrome 1 December 1975Volume 83, Issue 6Page: 904-905KeywordsAmyloidosisHypoproteinemiaProteinuriaRenal diseasesSystemic diseases Issue Published: 1 December 1975 PDF DownloadLoading ...