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Behçet's disease in Israel: the influence of ethnic origin on disease expression and severity.

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2001

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Ilan Krause, Reuven Mader, Jaqueline Sulkes, Michal Paul, Yosef Uziel, Muhammad Adawi, Abraham Weinberger
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Abstract

The expression of BD is similar in Israeli Jewish and Arab patients but the latter have more severe eye disease. The disease in Israeli Jewish patients is most severe in those originating from North African countries.