Pattern of uveitis in a referral centre in Tunisia, North Africa

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-39

  Khairallah, M ^a   Yahia, S Ben ^a   Ladjimi, A ^a   Messaoud, R ^a   Zaouali, S ^a   Attia, S ^a   Jenzeri, S ^a   Jelliti, B ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; North Africa; Tunisia; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AFRICA; ONSET AGE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEX RATIO; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUNISIA; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

EID: 33846093544     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702111     Document Type: Article

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