Nutritional status in patients with neuro-Behçet's disease

Authors

SEYDA ERDOĞAN
MİNE HAYRİYE SORGUN
MÜGE KUZU KUMCU
MUSTAFA AYKUT KURAL
SEFER RZAYEV
CANAN YÜCESAN

DOI

10.3906/sag-2009-235

Abstract

Background/aim: The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status and risk factors for malnutrition in Behçet's disease (BD) and neuro-Behçet's disease (NBD) patients. Materials and methods: Medical recordings of 74 patients with BD without neurological involvement (BDWoNI), 72 patients with NBD, and 50 patients with other diseases (carpal tunnel syndrome or lumbar discopathy) were analyzed retrospectively. The serum analyses were performed in the inactive period of disease. Chronic malnutrition was defined as low levels of serum albumin (

Keywords

Behçet's disease, neuro-Behçet's disease, malnutrition

First Page

1682

Last Page

1688

Recommended Citation

ERDOĞAN, SEYDA; SORGUN, MİNE HAYRİYE; KUMCU, MÜGE KUZU; KURAL, MUSTAFA AYKUT; RZAYEV, SEFER; and YÜCESAN, CANAN (2021) "Nutritional status in patients with neuro-Behçet's disease," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 51: No. 4, Article 11. https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-2009-235
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol51/iss4/11