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. 2006 Aug;77(8):956–957. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.093971

Table 1 Diagnostic criteria for Adamantiades–Behçet's syndrome (International Study Group for Behçet's Disease, 1990).

Recurrent oral aphthae At least three times a year (plus any two of the following four criteria)
Genital ulcerations Active lesion or scar
Skin lesions Erythema nodosum, foliculitis, other ulcerations
Involvement of the eye Anterior or posterior uveitis, or retinal vasculitis
Positive pathergy test Hyper‐reactivity of the skin to pinprick (sterile pustule formed in 24–48 h) – a red papule or pustule >2 mm at the prick site