Uveitis referral pattern in a Midwest University Eye Center

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-298

  Oruc, Sema ^a   Kaplan, Ariane D ^b   Galen, Michelle ^b   Kaplan, Henry J ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Midwest United States; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETINOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0347510688     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ocii.11.4.287.18270     Document Type: Review

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