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Correction To: Behçet's Disease in Egypt: a Multicenter Nationwide Clinical Rheumatology (2019) 38:2649–2650 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-019-04653-8 CORRECTION Correction to: Behçet’s disease in Egypt: a multicenter nationwide study on 1526 adult patients and review of the literature Tamer A. Gheita1 & Eiman Abd El-Latif2 & Iman I. El-Gazzar1 & Nermeen Samy3 & Nevin Hammam4,5 & Rasha A. Abdel Noor6 & Emad El-Shebeiny7 & Amany R. El-Najjar8 & Nahla N. Eesa1 & Mohamed N. Salem9 & Soha E. Ibrahim10 & Dina F. El-Essawi11 & Ahmed M. Elsaman12 & Hanan M. Fathi13 & Rehab A. Sallam14 & Rawhya R. El-Shereef15 & Mervat I. Abd-Elazeem16 & Emtethal A. Said17 & Noha M. Khalil18 & Dina Shahin19 & Hanan M. El-Saadany20 & Marwa S. ElKhalifa21 & Samah I. Nasef22 & Ahmed M. Abdalla23,24 & Nermeen Noshy3 & Rasha M. Fawzy17 & Ehab Saad25 & Abdel-Hafeez Moshrif26 & Amira T. El-Shanawany27 & Yousra H. Abdel-Fattah28 & Hossam M. Khalil29 & Egyptian College of Rheumatology-Behçet’s Disease Study Group (ECR-BDSG) Published online: 13 July 2019 # International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) 2019 Correction to: Clinical Rheumatology other countries in the universe [30].” this should have read as https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-019-04570-w “The prevalence rate in the North of Jordan was estimated as 660:100.000 and was considered high in relation to other The author wishes to correct the record and clarify that in the countries in the universe [30].” [bold text used to highlight original version of this article in the Discussion section under problem area] “Prevalence over the country governorates” inadvertently pre- sented incorrect data cited in the reference [30]. Originally reading “The prevalence rate in the North of Jordan was esti- Publisher’snote Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdic- mated as 6.6:100,000 and was considered high in relation to tional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. The online version of the original article can be found at https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s10067-019-04570-w * Tamer A. Gheita [email protected]; http://scholar.cu.edu.eg/?q=rheumatalk/ Extended author information available on the last page of the article 2650 Clin Rheumatol (2019) 38:2649–2650 Affiliations Tamer A. Gheita1 & Eiman Abd El-Latif2 & Iman I. El-Gazzar1 & Nermeen Samy 3 & Nevin Hammam4,5 & Rasha A. Abdel Noor6 & Emad El-Shebeiny7 & Amany R. El-Najjar8 & Nahla N. Eesa1 & Mohamed N. Salem9 & Soha E. Ibrahim10 & Dina F. El-Essawi11 & Ahmed M. Elsaman12 & Hanan M. Fathi13 & Rehab A. Sallam14 & Rawhya R. El-Shereef15 & Mervat I. Abd-Elazeem16 & Emtethal A. Said17 & Noha M. Khalil18 & Dina Shahin19 & Hanan M. El-Saadany20 & Marwa S. ElKhalifa21 & Samah I. Nasef22 & Ahmed M. Abdalla23,24 & Nermeen Noshy3 & Rasha M. Fawzy17 & Ehab Saad25 & Abdel-Hafeez Moshrif26 & Amira T. El-Shanawany27 & Yousra H. Abdel-Fattah28 & Hossam M. Khalil29 1 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, 16 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef Cairo, Egypt University, Beni-Suef, Egypt 2 Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria 17 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, University, Alexandria, Egypt Benha, Kalubia, Egypt 3 Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology Unit, Faculty of 18 Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt 4 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University, 19 Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology Unit, Faculty of Assuit, Egypt Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt 5 Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, 20 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Edmonton, Canada Tanta, Egypt 6 Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology Unit, Tanta 21 Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology Unit, Faculty of University, Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt 7 Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology Unit, Menoufia 22 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez-Canal University, Shebeen El-Kom, Menoufia, Egypt University, Ismailia, Egypt 8 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig 23 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Aswan University, Zagazig, Sharkia, Egypt University, Aswan, Egypt 9 Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology Unit, Faculty of 24 Internal Medicine Department III, Division of Rheumatology, Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 10 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams 25 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Cairo, Egypt University, Qena, Egypt 11 Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology Unit (NCRRT), 26 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar Atomic Energy Authority (AEA), Cairo, Egypt University, Assuit, Egypt 12 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, 27 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia Sohag, Egypt University, Shebeen El-Kom, Menoufia, Egypt 13 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum 28 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Fayoum, Egypt University, Alexandria, Egypt 14 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura 29 Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt University, Beni-Suef, Egypt 15 Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.
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