Causes of uveitis at a referral center in Saudi Arabia

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-16

  Hamade, Issam Hussein ^a   Elkum, Naser ^b   Tabbara, Khalid F ^a,c  

^a The Eye Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behcet disease; Inflammation; Ocular tuberculosis; Uveitis epidemiology; Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRANCH RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; CATARACT; CHILD; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UVEITIS; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UVEITIS;

EID: 67651230282     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940802491850     Document Type: Article

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