Epidemiological characteristics of uveitis in Switzerland
| Autor: | Carlos Auer, Carl P. Herbort, Yan Guex-Crosier, Nancy Pittet, Van Tao Tran |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Uveitis Age Distribution Ophthalmology medicine Humans Sex Distribution Pars Planitis Child HLA-B27 Antigen Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Panuveitis Middle Aged medicine.disease Dermatology Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Intermediate uveitis Female Acute retinal necrosis Sarcoidosis business Switzerland |
| Zdroj: | International Ophthalmology. 18:293-298 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2630 0165-5701 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf00917833 |
| Popis: | Since January 1990, data from uveitis patients have been systematically stored in a computer data bank. During the period from January 1990 to March 1993, 435 new patients (185 female and 250 male, mean age 43 years; range 6–92) were seen at the Uveitis Clinic of the Hopital Jules Gonin. These 435 patients (630 eyes) were subdivided into anterior uveitis (268 patients — 62%), intermediate uveitis (47 patients — 11%), posterior uveitis (89 patients — 20%) and panuveitis (31 patients — 7%). The incidence of uveitis for the referral area considered was calculated to be 17 per 100,000 inhabitants per year. A specifie diagnosis was found in 312 cases (72%). The most frequently diagnosed entities were HLA-B27-associated acute anterior uveitis (67 cases — 15.4%), uveitis associated with acute herpes zoster ophthalmicus (40 cases — 9.2%), toxoplasmosis (39 cases — 9%), typical pars planitis (29 cases — 6.7%), sarcoidosis (29 cases — 6.7%), Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis (27 cases — 6.2%), herpetic anterior uveitis (21 cases — 4.8%) and acute retinal necrosis (11 cases — 2.5%). Incidence and distribution of most disease entities correspond to those of other European series. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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