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Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Uveitis in Turkey: The First National Registry Report.
- Source :
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Ocular Immunology & Inflammation . 2018, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p17-26. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- <bold>Purpose: </bold>To describe the demographic and clinical profiles of uveitis patients seen at secondary and tertiary care centers in Turkey.<bold>Methods: </bold>A nationwide web-based registry of patients with uveitis was initiated in November 2008. We analyzed data from a single baseline registry-enrollment visit.<bold>Results: </bold>In 33 centers, 6967 eyes of 4863 consecutive patients were registered. The mean age at presentation was 36.6 ± 15.7 (1-92) years; 51.3% were male. Behçet disease was the leading diagnosis (24.9%), followed by ankylosing spondylitis and/or HLA-B27-associated anterior uveitis (9.7%), toxoplasmosis (7.1%), Fuchs uveitis (6.3%), and presumed herpetic anterior uveitis (6.0%). Visual acuity was 0.1 or worse in 22% of eyes. The most common ocular complications were posterior synechiae (16.2%) and cataract formation (16.2%).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Behçet disease is still the most common non-infectious etiology in Turkish uveitis patients, while ocular toxoplasmosis and herpetic anterior uveitis are the most common infectious uveitic entities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09273948
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Ocular Immunology & Inflammation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 127643687
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09273948.2016.1196714