Links

information about Behcet's

The following four links are for a medical textbook. Access is free to all, and the information is excellent, and updated once a month. Most of the information provided by BIG relies on this book. Recommended especially for BD veterans.

Dermatology   Medicine   Pediatric Rheumatology  Ophthalmology

http://www.bdchatroom.com offers a chat site and information about BD friends from around the world. The site is private, and is superbly maintained by a patient. 

behcetsdisease.com- useful for the newly diagnosed. The site contains links to many other sites and offers books regarding BD.

Joanne Zeis, founder of the site, is herself a BD patient.

International Society for Behcet's Disease (ISBD)- a BD specialists' society (primarily geared up towards physicians and scientists).

More links will appear soon.

patients groups around the world

America-

• The United States- ABDA offers some interesting articles about the disease, and a very good support system, including its new and recommended listserve (for members only). It also publishes a newsletter regularly.             

 Europe-

• England - The British Behcet's Syndrome Society.

• Italy - offers information and support in Italian.

• France - offers information and support in French.

• Spain - Behcet-Enfermedad, a listserv in Spanish.

• Portugal - offers information and support to Portuguese patients.

• Germany - offers information and support to German patients.

• Belgium - offers information and support to Belgian patients.

• Turkey (in English)- a small homepage from an established Turkish support group. Try also their doctors' homepage.

Asia-

• Japan - a well established Japanese support group located in Osaka. Their Tokyo branch now also has its own hompage.

• Korea - offers information and support in Korean.

Other countries-

Patient support groups also exist in Jordan, Iran, Morocco and New Zealand, but they do not have functioning homepages at this point in time. If you need to get in touch with them, please click here and state what information you require.

If you know of any support groups not included in this list, please tell us. Thank you.

Other links

Information for the blind and visually impaired- the service is available by e-mail and in English only from an American volunteer and a Behcet patient, based on her personal experience. Please click here and state your request clearly.

Daniele Focosi's Molecular Immunology

http://www22.brinkster.com/behcetssupport- A private site run by Catherine Smith, a BD patient.

Behcet's Ontario- A private site run by Tracey and Cindy, BD patients.

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