Impact of Macular Edema on Visual Acuity in Uveitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1446-1449

  Lardenoye, Charlotte W T A ^a   van Kooij, Bram ^b   Rothova, Aniki ^b  

^a Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UVEITIS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33746301969     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.03.027     Document Type: Article

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