Table 2.

Selected studies of thrombosis in Behçet’s disease

Study	Patient population	Number of patients	Thrombotic events.
Koç et al. 1992 [14]	Patients at a single clinic in Ankara, Turkey (1986–1990)	137	SVT 19 (13.9%); DVT 22 (16.1%)
Gürler et al. 1997 [13]	Patients seen at single clinic in Ankara, Turkey (1976 to 1997).	2147	SVT 229 (10.6%); DVT 197 (9.1%)
Ames et al. 2001 [11]	Patients seen at a single clinic in London, United Kingdom	73	DVT 18 (24.7%)
Shahram et al. 2004 [17]	Patients seen at single hospital in Teheran, Iran (1975–2005)	5059	SVT 2.4%a; DVT 6%a
Sarica Kucukoglu et al. 2006 [16]	Patients seen at a single clinic in Ankara, Turkey (1980–2004)	2319	SVT 177 (7.6%); DVT 99 (4.3%)
Düzgün et al. 2006 [12]	Patients from a hospital in Ankara, Turkey	180	SVT 48 (26.7%); DVT 61 (33.9%)

DVT, deep venous thrombosis; SVT, superficial venous thrombophlebitis.

^aonly percentages provided.