Patterns of uveitis in a tertiary eye care center in Iran

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-310

  Soheilian, Masood ^a,b,c   Heidari, Kumars ^a   Yazdani, Shahin ^a   Shahsavari, Mohsen ^a   Ahmadieh, Hamid ^a,b   Dehghan, Mohammad H ^a,b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Negah Eye Hospital   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Referral pattern; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EALES DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; SARCOIDOSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TOXOCARIASIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UVEITIS; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UVEITIS;

EID: 12344292422     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/092739490500174     Document Type: Article

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