Incidence and pattern of acute anterior uveitis in Central Australia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-156

  Chang, J H ^a,b   Raju, R ^a   Henderson, T R M ^a   McCluskey, P J ^b,c  

^a ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRANDPARENT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 76149085541     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.163527     Document Type: Article

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