Anticardiolipin Antibodies and Retinal Vascular Complications in Behçet's Disease
| Autor: | Yıldız Özdemir, Gülcan Kural, Feyza Önder, Cumhur Küçükkuyumcu, Alper Yarangümeli |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Male Vasculitis Systemic disease Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Behcet's disease chemistry.chemical_compound symbols.namesake Retinal Diseases Retinal Vein Occlusion medicine Humans Fisher's exact test Retinal vasculitis Vascular disease business.industry Behcet Syndrome Retinal Vessels Retinal Middle Aged musculoskeletal system medicine.disease Thrombosis chemistry Antibodies Anticardiolipin symbols Female business Retinopathy |
| Zdroj: | Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina. 28:653-656 |
| ISSN: | 2325-8179 2325-8160 |
| DOI: | 10.3928/1542-8877-19970801-07 |
| Popis: | * BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Intravascular thrombosis is a well-recognized feature of Behcet's disease (BD). In this study, the existence of a connection between serum anticardiolipin (aCL) antibodies and retinal vascular complications in BD is investigated. * PATIENTS AND METHODS: Serum aCL antibody levels were quantified in 31 patients with BD, all of whom fulfilled the major criteria of the disease. Patients were evaluated in terms of retinal vascular complications. Serum aCL antibody levels were determined through the ELISA method. Statistical analysis was performed with the chi-squared test and the Fisher exact test. * RESULTS: Of 12 patients with high aCL antibody levels, retinal vascular thrombosis was detected in 5 and retinal vasculitis was present in 8. However, there was no statistically significant relation between these complications and serum aCL antibody elevation (P > .05). * CONCLUSION: Based on this series of 31 patients with BD, there does not seem to be a significant correlation between retinal vascular complications and serum aCL antibody levels. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 1997;28:653-656.] |
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