Uveitis in a tertiary ophthalmology centre in Thailand

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 474-478

  Pathanapitoon, K ^a,d   Kunavisarut, P ^a   Ausayakhun, S ^a   Sirirungsi, W ^b   Rothova, A ^c  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIA; IRIDOCYCLITIS; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UVEITIS; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; EYE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANUVEITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; UVEITIS; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; UVEITIS, INTERMEDIATE; UVEITIS, POSTERIOR; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

EID: 41849136535     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.132175     Document Type: Article

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