title: Pattern of Uveitis in a Referral Ophthalmology Center in the Central District of Thailand.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the pattern of uveitis in a major ophthalmology center in the central district of Thailand.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study was performed in uveitis cases visiting the Department of Ophthalmology at Rajavithi Hospital, Thailand, from January 2007 to October 2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four hundred and forty-six patients (mean age 42 years, female 53.8%) were included in the study. Uveitis was unilateral in 51.1% of cases. Anterior uveitis was the most common (44.8%) case, closely followed by panuveitis (40%), posterior uveitis (14.3%), and intermediate uveitis (0.9%). Specific diagnosis was established in 51.6% of patients. The three most common specific diagnoses were Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease (22.4%), followed by Behçet disease (6.7%) and herpetic anterior uveitis (5.8%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most common type of noninfectious uveitis group was VKH, while herpetic anterior uveitis was the most common type of infectious uveitis in the central district of Thailand.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine , Rajavithi Hospital, College of Medicine, Rangsit University , Bangkok , Thailand.
authors.forename: Sukhum
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Silpa-Archa
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine , Rajavithi Hospital, College of Medicine, Rangsit University , Bangkok , Thailand.
authors.forename: Seechompoo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noonpradej
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine , Rajavithi Hospital, College of Medicine, Rangsit University , Bangkok , Thailand.
authors.forename: Atchara
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amphornphruet
keywords: Behçet; Thailand; Vogt–Koyanagi-Harada; epidemiology; uveitis