title: Statistical analyses of Endogenous Uveitis Patients (2007-2009) in central Tokyo area and Comparison with Previous Studies (1963-2006).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the frequencies of the diseases in the new patients with uveitis during 2007-2009 and compare them with previously-reported data from the University of Tokyo Hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively analyzed the clinical records of patients who visited the outpatient clinic from January 2007 to December 2009, and compared them with those of 1963-2006.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During 2007-2009, 468 new patients visited our hospital. Definite diagnoses were made in 63.0%. Frequent diagnoses include sarcoidosis (9.4%), Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease (7.9%), herpetic iritis (6.0%), Behçet's disease (5.6%), Posner-Schlossman syndrome (4.3%), HLA-B27-associated uveitis (3.0%), and intraocular malignant lymphoma (2.8%). Compared with our former findings, the ratios of sarcoidosis, herpetic iritis, CMV retinitis, Fuch's heterochromic iridocyclitis, acute retinal necrosis and intraocular lymphoma increased, while that of Behçet's disease decreased.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Top three uveitis during 2007-2009 were sarcoidosis, VKH disease, herpetic iritis. Reduced frequency of Behçet's disease was one of the most prominent characteristics.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Hongo, Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan and.
authors.forename: Hisae
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Hongo, Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan and.
authors.forename: Toshikatsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaburaki
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Hongo, Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan and.
authors.forename: Mitsuko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takamoto
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Hongo, Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan and.
authors.forename: Kimiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okinaga
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Hongo, Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan and.
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Hongo, Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan and.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.affiliation: b Department of Ophthalmology , Jichi Medical University , Yakusizi, shimotsuke-city , Tochigi , Japan.
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Hongo, Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan and.
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Numaga
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Hongo, Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan and.
authors.forename: Yujiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujino
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Hongo, Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan and.
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amano
keywords: Behçet’s disease; Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease; endogenous uveitis; sarcoidosis; statistical analysis