Clinical features of intraocular inflammation in Hokkaido, Japan

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 424-428

  Kitamei, Hirokuni ^a   Kitaichi, Nobuyoshi ^a   Namba, Kenichi ^a   Kotake, Satoshi ^a   Goda, Chiho ^a   Kitamura, Mizuki ^a   Miyazaki, Akiko ^a   Ohno, Shigeaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Intraocular inflammation; Sarcoidosis; Uveitis; Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; UVEITIS; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; BEHCET SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UVEITIS; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

EID: 66249084169     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01282.x     Document Type: Article

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