Gender and laterality affect recurrences of acute anterior uveitis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1643-1647

  Agnani, Shivali ^a   Choi, D ^b   Martin, T M ^a   Austin, C R ^a   Smith, J R ^a   Lutt, J R ^b   Rosenbaum, J T ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77950548642     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.172312     Document Type: Article

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