Are the standardization of the Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) working group criteria for codifying the site of inflammation appropriate for all uveitis problems? Limitations of the SUN working group classification

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-4

  Khairallah, Moncef ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Anatomic classification; IUSG; SUN working group; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; INFLAMMATION; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; IRITIS; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NEURORETINITIS; NOMENCLATURE; OPTIC DISK; STANDARDIZATION; UVEITIS;

HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UVEA; UVEITIS;

EID: 76749090085     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273940903348835     Document Type: Article

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