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. 2017;25(sup1):S94-S99.
doi: 10.1080/09273948.2016.1215475. Epub 2016 Sep 7.

Pattern of Uveitis in a Tertiary Ophthalmology Center in Thailand

Somsiri Sukavatcharin  1 , Ornsirin Kijdaoroong  1 , Kaevalin Lekhanont  1 , Sakda Arj-Ong Vallipakorn  2
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Pattern of Uveitis in a Tertiary Ophthalmology Center in Thailand

Somsiri Sukavatcharin et al. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2017.

Abstract

Purpose: To study the etiology and pattern of uveitis in a tertiary ophthalmology center in Thailand.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on uveitis patients presenting to a uveitis clinic at Ramathibodi Hospital, Thailand, between February 2014 and January 2015.

Results: A total of 758 uveitis patients were enrolled into this study. The most common identified cause was herpetic uveitis (17.2%), followed by Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (13.5%), cytomegalovirus uveitis (12.7%), and HLA-B27/spondyloarthropathy-associated uveitis (12.4%).

Conclusions: Herpetic uveitis was the commonest form of infectious uveitis, whereas Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease was most frequently seen as the non-infectious cause of uveitis in Thailand.

Keywords: Behçet disease; HLA-B27; Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease; herpes; uveitis.

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