A large intergenic region distal to rs12576775 and a proximal genomic region with a high recombination rate in intron 1 of ODZ4 effectively restrict the BD association region to the genomic interval that includes the first exon of ODZ4 and the microRNA (miRNA) genes miR‐708 and miR‐5579.9 Of the two miRNA genes, only miR‐708 has been experimentally validated and it is known to be expressed in the human nervous system.12 This evidence concerns the gene TENM4 and Behcet disease.