Applicability of the 2001 revised diagnostic criteria in Brazilian Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease patients.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the applicability of the international revised diagnostic criteria for Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.


METHODS
Retrospective study. Medical charts of 140 patients with the diagnosis of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease, from the Uveitis Sector of the Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), were revised and classified following the revised diagnostic criteria.


RESULTS
Of the 140 patients, 12.85% fulfilled the criteria for complete disease, 29.28% incomplete disease, 28.57% "probable" Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease and 28.27% were considered not Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.


CONCLUSIONS
The authors consider that the international revised diagnostic criteria have good applicability and are very useful to help in the diagnosis of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.
Cardoso
Isabel Habeyche
IH
Department of Ophthalmology, UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Zajdenweber
Moysés Eduardo
ME
Muccioli
Cristina
C
Fimamor
Luciana Peixoto
LP
Belfort
Rubens
R
D001938:Brazil; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014607:Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*