Demographic and clinical features of uveitis in tertiary centers in Turkey

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 285-293

  Kazokoglu, Haluk ^a   Onal, Sumru ^a,i   Tugal Tutkun, Ilknur ^b   Mirza, Ertuǧrul ^c   Akova, Yonca ^d   Özyazgan, Yilmaz ^e   Soylu, Merih ^f   Batioǧlu, Figen ^g   Apaydin, Cemil ^h  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Etiology; Tertiary centers; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN POPULATION; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 53749083831     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580802262821     Document Type: Article

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