Epidemiology of uveitis in a Western urban multiethnic population. the challenge of globalization

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 561-567

  Llorenç, Victor ^a   Mesquida, Marina ^a   Sainz De La Maza, Maite ^a   Keller, Johannes ^a   Molins, Blanca ^a   Espinosa, Gerard ^a   Hernandez, María V ^a   Gonzalez Martín, Julian ^a   Adán, Alfredo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

aetiology; anatomical pattern; epidemiology; Europe; herpes; incidence; Spain; toxoplasma; uveitis

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; ASIA; BEHCET DISEASE; BIRDSHOT CHORIORETINOPATHY; CHILD; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; UVEITIS; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION; UVEITIS;

EID: 84947028280     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12675     Document Type: Article

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