title: Clinical Patterns of Uveitis in Tertiary Ophthalmology Centers in Seoul, South Korea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the characteristics and causes of uveitis in Seoul, South Korea.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a retrospective medical record review of 602 patients diagnosed with uveitis at seven tertiary ophthalmology centers between January and December 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most common type of uveitis was anterior uveitis (n = 281), followed by posterior uveitis (n = 152), panuveitis (n = 126), and intermediate uveitis (n = 43). Among patients with an identified cause (n = 252), 149 and 103 had non-infectious and infectious uveitis, respectively, and ankylosing spondylitis (n = 53), Behcet disease (n = 43), and endophthalmitis (n = 25) were common identified causes of uveitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Anterior uveitis was the most common type of uveitis, and the incidence of infectious uveitis was relatively high in Seoul. Ankylosing spondylitis and Behcet disease were the most common systemic diseases causing uveitis in this sample.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology, Asan Medical Center , University of Ulsan, College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea.
authors.forename: Joo Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: b Department of Ophthalmology , Chungbuk National University College of Medicine , Cheongju , Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Yoon
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: c Department of Ophthalmology , Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital , Seongnam , Korea.
authors.forename: Se Joon
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.affiliation: d Department of Ophthalmology , SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea.
authors.forename: Tae Wan
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: e Department of Ophthalmology , Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine , Seoul , Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Jin
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1502-3155
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: f Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Vision Research, Severance Hospital , Yonsei University College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea.
authors.forename: Christopher Seungkyu
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: g Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine , The Catholic University of Korea , Seoul , Korea.
authors.forename: Kyu Seop
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: h Department of Ophthalmology , Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University , Seoul , Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Hoon
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.affiliation: h Department of Ophthalmology , Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University , Seoul , Korea.
authors.forename: Hyung Woo
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kwak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D066106:Seoul / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Ankylosing spondylitis; Korea; epidemiology; uveitis