Neurologic Soft Signs in Behcet Disease

OKUYUCU E. E., Balci D. D., BALCI A., Duman T., Akcin E.

NEUROLOGIST, vol.16, no.6, pp.371-374, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/nrl.0b013e3181cf86c3
  • Journal Name: NEUROLOGIST
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.371-374
  • Keywords: Behcet disease, neurologic soft sign, neurologic evaluation scale, SCHIZOPHRENIA, NAIVE
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background: Patients with Behcet disease have an excess of minor neurologic abnormalities (neurologic soft signs). Objective: (a) To investigate the neurologic soft signs (NSS) in Behcet disease (BD) patients who had no neurologic symptoms, by using the neurologic evaluation scale (NES). (b) To evaluate the effect of silent infarction on NES scores in BD patients.