Merashli, MiraAmes, Paul R.J.2023-05-042023-05-0420232459-3516PURE: 59389194PURE UUID: 9264a2b4-0d0e-431c-ae01-4454888536e7Scopus: 85152291620http://hdl.handle.net/10362/152435Publisher Copyright: © This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International LicenseBackground: the prevalence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Behcet’s disease (BD) is around 40%, though recognition of BD in a thrombosis clinic has been poorly addressed. Objective: to evaluate the prevalence of signs and symptoms leading to the diagnosis of BD in a thrombosis clinic compared to patients attending a general haematology clinic and to healthy controls. Design: cross-sectional case-double control anonymous questionnaire survey. Participants: consecutive patients with spontaneous VTE (n=97) attending a thrombosis clinic, consecutive patients from a general haematology (GH) clinic (n=89) and controls (CTR). Results: BD was diagnosed in 1.03% of VTE participants, in 2.2% of GH participants and in 1.2% of healthy CTR. Exhaustion was more common reported in participants from the VTE group (15.6%) than in those from the GH group (10.3%) and from the healthy CTR (3%) (p=0.06); the sum of signs and symptoms of BD clustered in the VTE group (89.5%) compared to the GH (72.4%) and the CTR (59.7%)( p<0.0001).5551832engBehçet’s diseaseprevalencethrombosis clinicRheumatologyjournal article10.31138/mjr.34.1.66https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85152291620http://www.mjrheum.org/current-issue/newsid792/438