The Netherlands journal of medicine
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Behçet's disease is most prevalent in countries along the former Silk Road. Prevalence varies from 70-420 per 100,000 in Turkey, and 13.5-20 and 1-2 per 100,000 in Asia and Western Europe, respectively. Additionally, disease severity and morbidity might be correlated with ethnicity. We studied demography and morbidity in the Dutch cohort of patients with Behçet's disease and compared those with known figures. ⋯ We present the first epidemiological study of Behçet's disease in the Netherlands. The prevalence of Behçet's disease in the studied Dutch region and in countries of ancestry is similar. Morbidity is equally spread, compared with other countries, but uveitis and pustules seem to be more common in the Netherlands.