Uveitis subtypes in a German interdisciplinary uveitis center - Analysis of 1916 patients

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-136

  Jakob, Eva ^a   Reuland, Mirjam S ^a   Mackensen, Friederike ^a   Harsch, Nadine ^a   Fleckenstein, Monika ^a   Lorenz, Hanns Martin ^b   Max, Regina ^b   Becker, Matthias D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Ocular inflammation; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPISCLERITIS; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYOSITIS; NEWBORN; OPTIC NEURITIS; ORBIT INFLAMMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERITIS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; UVEITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149517576     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080102     Document Type: Article

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