Behçet's disease in HLA-B*51 negative Germans and Turks shows association with HLA-Bw4-80I.

Introduction: Behçet's disease (BD) as systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology is associated with HLA-B*51 in European and Asian populations. HLA-A*26 was claimed as an additional BD susceptibility marker in Japanese and Greek patients. This study was performed to test for HLA associations in HLA-B*51 negative German and Turkish BD populations.