Clinical characteristics of BD patients, AAU patients and normal controls.

Data are shown as mean±SD or absolute numbers.#No detectable retinal vasculitis clinically but presence of dye leakage from retinal blood vessels in 4 inactive BD patients was disclosed by fluorescein angiography.*Extraocular lesions observed at the time of blood sampling are shown in this table. Patients whose extraocular lesions were negative may have experienced these symptoms during an earlier phase of the disease.&Visual acuity was tested with Logarithm of mininal angle of resolution acuity chart, intraocular pressure was measured with Non-contact tonometer.BD, Behcet disease, AAU, acute anterior uveitis.NA, not applicable, ND, not determined.CRP, C-reactive protein, ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate;