Journal of Medical & Surgical Pathology
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Hormoz Shams

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• Research Article
  Behcet’s Disease Criteria
  Author(s): Fereydoun Davatchi, Bahar Sadeghi Abdollahi, Farhad Shahram, Cheyda Chams Davatchi, Abdolhadi Nadji, Hormoz Shams, Massoomeh Akhlaghi, Tahreh Faezi, Zahra Ghodsi, Farimah Ashofteh, Negin Mohtasham, Hoda Kavosi, Mariam Masoumi Fereydoun Davatchi, Bahar Sadeghi Abdollahi, Farhad Shahram, Cheyda Chams Davatchi, Abdolhadi Nadji, Hormoz Shams, Massoomeh Akhlaghi, Tahreh Faezi, Zahra Ghodsi, Farimah Ashofteh, Negin Mohtasham, Hoda Kavosi, Mariam Masoumi
  
  Objective: From 1946 to 2014, 16 different sets of Classification/Diagnosis criteria, from different countries, have been made for Behcet’s Disease. Among them, there are two International criteria sets, the International Study Group (ISG) criteria in 1990 by the collaboration of 7 countries, and the International Criteria for Behcet’s Disease (ICBD) in 2010 by the collaboration of 27 countries. The aim of this study is to compare the performance of them, in new patients and controls, from the Iran registry of Behcet’s Disease. Methods: Patients (1323) and controls (2438) are consecutive patients, seen from 2010 to 2016. The diagnosis was clinical and by expert opinion. Sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, optimization, efficiency, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelih.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2472-4971.1000141

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