Visual loss in uveitis
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منابع مشابه
[Causes of visual loss in uveitis].
BACKGROUND/AIM Epidemiological studies of blindness in a working age population require a precise definition of the true connection of uveitis and visual damage. Since most patients with more severe types of uveitis are hospitalized in tertiary referral uveitis service, our aim was to determine whether age, sex and age of onset of uveitis, as well as duration of visual loss and its causes influ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2016.119