The changing patterns of uveitis in a tertiary institute of Northeast India

Autor: Dipankar Das, Harsha Bhattacharjee, Kalyan Das, Prerana S Tahiliani, Pankaj Bhattacharyya, Gayatri Bharali, Manik Das, Apurba Deka, Rajashree Paul
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 63, Iss 9, Pp 735-737 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0301-4738
1998-3689
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.170973
Popis: Uveitis incorporates innumerable conditions, all of which are characterized by inflammation of the uveal tract. Study of etiological factors in uveitis in the population often give important disease-specific indications and changing pattern in subsequent studies are important to know further newer occurrences of various disease prevalence. Awareness of regional variation in disease configuration is essential to develop a region specific list of differential diagnoses and also for comparison with different sub-population of the country and the world. We report the changing pattern of uveitis in a tertiary institute in the Northeast India and found that tubercular uveitis had increased in hospital-based study.
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