Incidence and prevalence of uveitis: Results from the Pacific Ocular Inflammation Study

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1405-1412

  Acharya, Nisha R ^a,b   Tham, Vivien M ^c,d   Esterberg, Elizabeth ^a   Borkar, Durga S ^a   Parker, John V ^c   Vinoya, Aleli C ^c   Uchida, Aileen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d Pacific Vision Institute of Hawaii   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-9; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HAWAII; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UVEITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888397348     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.4237     Document Type: Article

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