HLA B*51 Disease Association LabCorp

This test checks for a specific gene linked to Behçet's disease, which can help identify the cause of your symptoms like eye inflammation, mouth sores, and joint pain.

Finding the cause(s) of:

• Eye inflammation: This test can help identify a genetic predisposition linked to Behçet's disease, a common cause of eye inflammation.
• Fever: Behçet's disease, potentially indicated by this test, can cause fever as part of its inflammatory response.
• Joint pain: This test can help identify a genetic link to Behçet's disease, which often causes joint pain and swelling.
• Mouth sores: This test checks for a gene associated with Behçet's disease, a condition known for causing recurrent mouth sores.
• Skin rash: Identifying a link to Behçet's disease through this test can help explain skin rashes or lesions.
• Swollen lymph nodes: This test may help identify Behçet's disease, which can cause inflammation leading to swollen lymph nodes.