Catalog

Transient neonatal Behçet disease

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Link to WHO Definition

Transient neonatal Behçet disease – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/313534664

An uncommon disorder in which the newborn infants of mothers with Behçet disease develop a transient form of the disease with cutaneous pustules and oral and genital ulcers. Although the disease does not persist the infant may be left with scars.