Behcet Disease (BD) is a rare, chronic, multisystem disease caused by vasculitis of blood vessels throughout the body. The disease course is marked by recurrent ulcers of the oral and genital regions, often with severe ocular inflammation that may lead to visual impairment or blindness. This disease is found most often in individuals that carry the HLA B*51 allele of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). HLA B*51 is the predominant risk factor for BD in all populations studied, however not all BD patients carry the B*51 allele. The disease is prevalent in countries in the eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East, and East Asia and in individuals of Middle Eastern, Far Eastern and Mediterranean decent.

Lavender (EDTA), 4mL

Immediately following collection, mix sample thoroughly by gently inverting 8 - 10, times to prevent clotting

Lavender (EDTA), 4mL

Ambient - 90 days

• Hemolysis
• Clotted sample
• Wrong specimen container

Sequence-based typing (SBT), sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes (SSOP), and/or sequence-specific primers (SSP) as needed to obtain the required resolution

Medical necessity

Hospital clients submitting a request for this assay on an outpatient with Medicare should complete and submit a Molecular Medical billing request form along with the sample.

• Complete and submit the form to notify us of the need for Allina Health Laboratory to bill insurance for Molecular testing performed
• All information requested is required in order for your request to be completed

Molecular Medicare billing request