Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disorder currently classified as a vasculitis. Its etiopathogenesis is unclear, but environmental, genetic and autoimmune factors have been ...

Latent tuberculosis infection-positivity is common among patients with systemic vasculitis and is associated with BD and smoking history.

Behçet’s patients also suffer from recurrent clotting throughout the body – even when they have been treated with anticoagulants. Professor Fortune’s team discovered that clotting happens because of ...

such as Crohn’s disease and Behçet’s disease, is also a challenge as, superficially, they have similar features. Although researchers have long suspected that an overactive immune system is ...