Characteristics of uveitis presenting for the first time in the elderly: Analysis of 91 patients in a tertiary center

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 219-226

  Grégoire, Marie Alix ^a,b   Kodjikian, Laurent ^b,c   Varron, Loig ^a,b   Grange, Jean Daniel ^b,c   Broussolle, Christiane ^a,b   Seve, Pascal ^a,b  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

diagnosis; elderly; epidemiology; sarcoidosis; uveitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; UVEITIS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANUVEITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; STEROIDS; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; UVEITIS, INTERMEDIATE; UVEITIS, POSTERIOR;

EID: 79960681863     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2011.580071     Document Type: Review

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