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The migration pattern, patient selection with diagnostic methodological flaw and confusing naming dilemma in Behçet disease
Department of Ophthalmology, Division of Uvea-Behçet Unit, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey
Received 1 December 2006; accepted after revision 15 December 2006.
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Dear Editor, I have read with great interest the very recent review article of Leibowitz et al. (European Journal of Echocardiography 2006) titled "Echocardiographic manifestations of Adamantiades–Behçet's disease" and congratulate the authors for their work. They specifically evaluated cardiovascular involvement in Behçet disease that is characterized by myocardial disease, venous disease and disease of the aorta and great vessels. The authors reviewed the spectrum of echocardiographic imaging findings in Behçet disease patients and then suggested the use of echocardiography in such patients to comprehensively examine the great vessels pathology as well as myocardial and valvular performance. However, I would like to make some contributions to this review article and have a few vital questions to be answered by the authors of the present study.
First; The authors state both in the abstract and the Introduction section of the article that "the prevalence of Behçet disease is increasing in