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The Netherlands
NEDERLAND
contact: Peter Verhoeven 41,543 sq km of which: 33,893 sq km land and 7,650 sq km water Borders Belgium and Germany More info at the CIA... 17 million people 3500 - 4500 vasculitis patients 2800 - 3000 GPA/Wegener |
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Vasculitis Expertise |
Patient Support Groups:
There is only one patient support group in The Netherlands: the Vasculitis Stichting (Vasculitis Foundation). They concentrate on primary forms of vasculitis as defined by the Chapel Hill classification and with 1200 members they cover about 35% of the Dutch vasculitis population. There are no other patient support groups concentrating on one of the specific forms of vasculitis. It is a small country and that the government only provides a financial grant to one support group per (group of) disease(s). Hospitals Four hospitals has been formally appointed by the Dutch government as a Vasculitis Centre Of expertise: UMC Groningen, UMC Maastricht, AMC Amsterdam and UMC Utrecht. There are 4 other academic centers with sufficient vasculitis expertise to treat most of the patients and there is a small number of other hospitals which have shown a particular interest in vasculitis Forums There ar a few small Facebook groups. |
Behçet expertise
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There is one hospital in the Netherlands officially appointed by the Dutch government as a Behçet Center of Expertise: the Behçet Centre of Expertise of the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam
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Kawasaki expertise |
There is one hospital in the Netherlands officially appointed by the Dutch government as a Behçet Center of Expertise: the Kawasaki Center of expertise of the AMC (Academic Medical Centre) in Amsterdam.
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