Article
[Familial uveitis. Forms and incidence in patients at the University Eye Hospital Tubingen].
Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft - 1 Sept 2003
Deuter C M E, Stübiger N, Siepmann K, Derse M, Zierhut M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A familial accumulation in some forms of uveitis has rarely been described. The objective of this study was to identify such cases and to examine both clinical course and similarities in the HLA-pattern. METHODS: From 1993 to 2000 all new uveitis patients, who were examined in the uveitis clinic of the University Eye Hospital Tuebingen, were asked about a positive family history. If possible, all...
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