title: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease in Thailand.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine clinical characteristics and rate of ocular complications in patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKH).
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors performed a retrospective review of 48 consecutive patients (92 affected eyes) diagnosed with VKH. Demographic data, clinical manifestations, treatment modalities, and ocular complications were registered.
  
  
  RESULTS
  VKH constituted approximately 10% of all new encounters of uveitis patients. Ocular complications developed in 49/92 (53%) eyes. The most frequent complication was cataract (45%), followed by glaucoma (29%). The presence of ocular complications was not associated with stage of the disease at presentation (p = .654) or the treatment modalities (p = .261). Recurrent inflammation developed in 13% and was not associated with initial intravenous corticosteroids or use of immunosuppressive drugs (p = .614 and p = 1.000).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cataract and glaucoma represented the common ocular complications of VKH. Recurrences developed solely in 13% of patients and were not associated with a specific treatment regimen but with an early withdrawal of systemic corticosteroids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
authors.forename: Tosaporn
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yodmuang
authors.forename: Aniki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rothova
authors.forename: Paradee
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kunavisarut
authors.forename: Kessara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pathanapitoon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002386:Cataract / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014607:Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D055815:Young Adult