Article
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome in patients of Vietnamese ancestry.
Australian and New Zealand journal of ophthalmology - 1 May 1996
Riddington L, Hall A J, Tait B, Nicholson I, Varney M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome (VKH), is an idiopathic, multisystem inflammatory disorder primarily involving the eye. HLA typing has shown a strong association between the HLA-DR4 antigen and people of Japanese, Han Chinese and Hispanic ancestry with VKH. This study reviewed the clini...
Topics
- Adult
- Female
- Fluorescein Angiography
- Fundus Oculi
- Genotype
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Retrospective Studies
- Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome
- Vietnam
