Article
Association of birdshot retinochoroidopathy and HLA-A29 antigen.
Current eye research - 1 Jan 1990
Baarsma G S, Priem H A, Kijlstra A
Abstract excerpt
In 1980 Ryan and Maumenee described a new clinical entity characterized by hypopigmented spots in a typical patterned distribution in association with vitritis and retinal vasculopathy leading to cystoid macular oedema and papilloedema. In a recent study of a large group of European patients (n = 102) with birdshot retinochoroidopathy, the importance of the different clinical manifestations and their diagnostic...
Topics
- Choroid Diseases
- Female
- Fluorescein Angiography
- Fundus Oculi
- HLA-A Antigens
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- Male
- Phenotype
- Retinal Diseases
- Risk Factors
- Uveitis
