Incidence and prevalence of episcleritis and scleritis in Northern California

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1562-1566

  Honik, Grace ^a   Wong, Ira G ^b   Gritz, David C ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; episcleritis; scleritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISCLERITIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERITIS; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERITIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888135101     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182a407c3     Document Type: Article

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