The causes of uveitis in a referral centre of Northern Italy

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 521-529

  Cimino, L ^a   Aldigeri, R ^b   Salvarani, C ^a   Zotti, C A ^a   Boiardi, L ^a   Parmeggiani, M ^a   Casali, B ^a   Cappuccini, L ^a  

^a SM Nuova Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Epidemiology; Intraocular inflammation; Specific diagnosis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUCHS UVEITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRANULOMATOSIS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HERPETIC ANTERIOR UVEITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEX RATIO; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UVEITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649328581     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-010-9359-y     Document Type: Article

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