Incidence and prevalence of uveitis in Northern California: The Northern California Epidemiology of Uveitis Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 491-500

  Gritz, David C ^a,b,d   Wong, Ira G ^b,c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; UVEITIS;

EID: 1442275270     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.06.014     Document Type: Article

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