Clinical characteristics of intermediate uveitis in Tunisian patients

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 531-537

  Khairallah, Moncef ^a   Hmidi, Kamel ^a   Attia, Sonia ^a   Jelliti, Bechir ^a   Hasnaoui, Wafa ^a   Zaouali, Sonia ^a   Jenzeri, Salah ^a   Yahia, Salim Ben ^a   Messaoud, Riadh ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Intermediate uveitis; North Africa; Pars planitis; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISC INFLAMMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA VASCULITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TUNISIA; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS DISEASE; VITREOUS FLOATERS; VITRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUNISIA; UVEITIS, INTERMEDIATE; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649329028     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-010-9352-5     Document Type: Article

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