Propostic Comparison in Behcet's Disease with or Without HLA-Bw51 Antigen.

Kim, Ki Soo; Kim, Man Soo; Kim, Jae Ho

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1987;28(1):37-42.
Published online January 1, 1987.

Propostic Comparison in Behcet's Disease with or Without HLA-Bw51 Antigen.

Ki Soo Kim, Man Soo Kim, Jae Ho Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic Medical College, Seoul, Korea.

Behcet 씨병 환자의 HLA 항원에 따른 예후 비교 관찰

김재호(Jae Ho Kim),김만수(Man Soo Kim),김기수(Ki Soo Kim)

Abstract

To know prognosis of Behcet's disease with HLA-Bw 51 antigen, the comparative studies of 24 Behcet's disease were investigatied. Sex distribution was 14 males(58%) and 10 females(42%). The patients were grouped into three clinical types, complete type with 11 cases(45%), and incomplete type with 8 cases(33%) and suspect type with 5 cases(22%), acording to the criteria established by the Behcet's Disease Research Committee in Japan(1982) and were also divided into 3 ocular types according to the location of inflammation, anterior segment type, fundus type and mixed type. They were shared in 10%, 10%, 60% in HLA-Bw 51 negative group and 14%, 22%, 64% in HLA-Bw 51 positive group, respectively. Skin lesion was observed in 30% in HLA-Bw 51 negative group and 70% in HLA-Bw 51 positive group and it was statistically significant(p<0.01). The other general symptoms and the visual acuity between two group were not statistically significant(p>0.1).