| Autor: |
Der-Chong Tsai, Shih-Jen Chen, Chin-Chou Huang, Pesus Chou, Chia-Min Chung, Po-Hsun Huang, Shing-Jong Lin, Jaw-Wen Chen, Tseng-Ji Chen, Hsin-Bang Leu, Wan-Leong Chan |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2013 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 6, p e66858 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
| DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0066858 |
| Popis: |
OBJECTIVES: The epidemiology of idiopathic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) is not well understood in an Asian population. The present study aimed to investigate the incidence and risk factors for corticosteroid-unrelated CSCR using Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. METHODS AND RESULTS: From 2001 to 2006, a total of 786 patients (500 [63.6%] males) who were newly diagnosed with CSCR, aged from 20 to 64 years and had no history of corticosteroid prescription were identified as incident cases of idiopathic CSCR. 3606 age-, gender-, and enrollment time-matched subjects were randomly selected as the control group. The mean annual incidence was 0.21‰ (0.27‰ for males, and 0.15‰ for females; P |
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