title: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: clinical and demographic characteristics of patients in a specialized eye hospital in Turkey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate clinical and demographic features of Vogt-Kayanagi-Harada disease (VKH) disease in Turkish patients and compare them with previously published data.
  
  
  METHODS
  Demographic and clinical features of 32 patients diagnosed as VKH in a tertiary referral center were retrospectively reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age at presentation was 33.6 ± 10.4 years. Seventy-five percent of the patients were female and 62.5% of the patients presented during the last 2 years. The disease was complete in 31.2%, incomplete in 50%, and probable in 18.8% of the patients. The clinical course was acute in 50%, chronic recurrent in 34.4%, and chronic in 15.6%. The most common findings were bilateral serous retinal detachment ± papillitis in acute cases and retinal pigment epithelial changes of the macula in chronic cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although rare in Turkey, VKH disease seems to have increased during the last few years. The disease is incomplete and acute in half of the patients and has a quite good visual prognosis.
authors: Ulucanlar Eye Education and Training Hospital Ophthalmology Clinic , Ankara , Turkey and.
authors: Pinar
authors: P
authors: Ozdal
authors: Yasemin
authors: Y
authors: Ozdamar
authors: Alper
authors: A
authors: Yazici
authors: Mehmet Y
authors: MY
authors: Teke
authors: Faruk
authors: F
authors: Ozturk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D014607:Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Ocular involvement; VKH; Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease; treatment; uveitis