Uveitis in children: Population-based study in Finland

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 84-88

  Päivönsalo Hietanen, Taina ^a   Tuominen, Juhani ^b   Saari, K Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Pediatric ophthalmology; Prevalence; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHORIORETINITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UVEITIS;

EID: 0343819952     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2000.078001084.x     Document Type: Article

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