Clinical features and outcomes of HLA-B27-positive and HLA-B27-negative acute anterior uveitis in a Turkish patient population

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 367-373

  Tuncer, Samuray ^a   Adam, Yakubu Seidu ^a   Urgancioglu, Meri ^a   Tugal Tutkun, Ilknur ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute anterior uveitis; HLA B27; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANK SUM TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISUAL ACUITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 28244441297     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940490912461     Document Type: Article

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