A clinical survey of uveitis in HTLV-1 endemic region

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 335-341

  Miyanaga, Masaru ^a,b   Shimizu, Kentaro ^a   Kawaguchi, Tatsushi ^a   Miyata, Kazunori ^b   Mochizuki, Manabu ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Miyata Eye Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HTLV 1; Intraocular Inflammation; Seroprevalence; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHCET DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UVEITIS; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; UVEITIS, INTERMEDIATE; UVEITIS, POSTERIOR; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350139708     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273940903137667     Document Type: Review

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