Pattern of uveitis in North East India: a tertiary eye care center study.
We conducted an institutional-based retrospective study on 308 uveitic patients and analyzed the pattern of uveitis in Northeastern India. Anterior uveitis was the most common type (47.07%) followed by posterior (29.87%), intermediate (12.98%) and panuveitis (10.06%). Toxoplasmosis (40.21%) had the highest incidence among posterior uveitis cases. Harada's form of Vogt Koyanagi Harada's disease is a frequent occurrence in this subset of the population.
Das
Dipankar
D
Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya, Guwahati, Assam, India. dr_dasdipankar@yahoo.com
Bhattacharjee
Harsha
H
Bhattacharyya
Pankaj Kumar
PK
Jain
Lokesh
L
Panicker
M J
MJ
Das
Kalyan
K
Deka
Akshay C
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014605:Uveitis / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology