title: Clinical Patterns of Uveitis in a Tertiary Center in North China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the spectrum of uveitis at a tertiary hospital in northern China.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study is a retrospective study from June 2014 to February 2015. A total of 606 consecutive patients with uveitis were screened for etiologies and classified according to the anatomic sites of inflammation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age at presentation was 33.8 ± 15.5 years old. Males and females were almost equally affected. Panuveitis was the most common anatomic diagnosis, followed by anterior, posterior, and intermediate uveitis. VKH syndrome, Behçet disease and idiopathic anterior uveitis were the most common uveitis entities. Ocular complications were detected in 441 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  More than half of the patients with uveitis from northern China had an identifiable cause or was diagnosed as a specific disease entity with VKH and BD among the major etiologies. Cataract, steroid-induced ocular hypertension and macular edema were the leading complications.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Beijing , China.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Beijing , China.
authors.forename: Chan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Beijing , China.
authors.forename: Gangwei
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Beijing , China.
authors.forename: Minghang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Beijing , China.
authors.forename: Xinshu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Beijing , China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Beijing , China.
authors.forename: Shanshan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Beijing , China.
authors.forename: Meifen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Northern China; ocular inflammation; uveitis; uveitis complication; uveitis etiology