Referral patterns, demographic and clinical features, and visual prognosis of Turkish patients with sarcoid uveitis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-343

  Tugal Tutkun, Ilknur ^a   Aydin Akova, Yonca ^b   Güney Tefekli, Esra ^a   Aynaci Kahraman, Burcu ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Sarcoidosis; Uveitis; Visual prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EYE BIOPSY; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOID UVEITIS; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS OPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34548361565     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940701375402     Document Type: Article

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