France

FRANCE
contact: Raphaël Darbon
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643,801 sq km of which:
640,427 sq km land and
     3,374 sq km water
Borders Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg, monaco, Spain and Switzerland.
More info at the CIA...
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> 67 million people 
... vasculitis patients
​...  GPA (Wegener's)

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Vasculitis expertise

Patient Support Groups:
The main patient support group in France is now officially called Association France Vascularites
Until recently it was called : L’association Wegener et autres vascularites
They also help francophone patients in Belgium, Quebec, North Africa and Africa.
Recently they signed up to EPAG for ERN networks.

Contact:         Raphaël Darbon

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Behçet expertise

Patient Support Groups
The main support groupie France dedicated to Behçet is  L' Association Behçet France
The organization also has a Facebook page called B7FR

​Contact:  Pairaud,  Jean-Marc   Vice-Président B7FR

Takayasu expertise

There is a special patient group in France for Takayasu disease. It is the Association Takayasu France. They have a website, a public Facebook page, a Private Facebook discussion group and an Instagram page.

contact:  Christine NICOLLET