The epidemiology of uveitis in developing countries

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-17

  London, Nikolas J S ^a   Rathinam, Sivakumar R ^a   Cunningham Jr , Emmett T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BEHCET DISEASE; CHOROIDITIS; CYSTICERCOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRIDOCYCLITIS; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LEPROSY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UVEITIS; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; UVEITIS;

EID: 77951052313     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IIO.0b013e3181d2cc6b     Document Type: Review

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