Causes of uveitis in a referral hospital in Ankara, Turkey

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-50

  Şengün, Ahmet ^a   Karadaǧ, Remzi ^a   Karakurt, Ahmet ^a   Saricaoǧlu, M Sinan ^a   Abdik, Onur ^a   Hasiripi, Hikmet ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Complications; Oral ulceration; Uveitis; Uveitis entities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CATARACT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UVEITIS; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY; UVEITIS;

EID: 17844396488     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940590909121     Document Type: Article

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