Causes of visual loss associated with uveitis in a Singapore Tertiary Eye Center

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 264-269

  Yeo, Tun Kuan ^a   Ho, Su Ling ^a   Lim, Wee Kiak ^a   Teoh, Stephen C ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cataract; Cystoid macular edema; Singapore; Uveitis; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PANUVEITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879760229     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2013.774424     Document Type: Article

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