%0 Journal Article
%T Anti-neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody in Beh et¡¯s Disease
%A NUR£¿EN D¨¹ZG¨¹N
%A MEHMET £¿AH£¿N
%A ERG£¿N AYA£¿LIO£¿LU
%J International Journal of Biomedical Science
%D 2006
%I 
%X Anti neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) is strongly associated with some vasculitic disorders. Beh et¡¯s disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. In this study, ANCA was found to be positive in 8 out of 66 patients (10.2 %) with BD by combination testing consisting of immunofluorescence and ELISA [one patient showed an atypical pattern by indirect immunofloresence techique, 6 patients were reactive to bacterial-permeability increasing protein (BPI) and one patient was reactive to Cathepsin G in ELISA]. There were no vascular manifestations such as veneous or arterial thrombosis and arterial aneurysms in ANCA-positive patients with BD. The results suggest that ANCA may be found in a minority of BD as those in previous published studies.
%K ANCA. Beh et¡¯s disease. vasculitis
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