• Corpus ID: 9874311

Epidemiology and Prevalence of Uveitis: Review of Literature

@article{Hormoz2009EpidemiologyAP,
  title={Epidemiology and Prevalence of Uveitis: Review of Literature},
  author={Shams Hormoz and Rostami Mohsen and Seyed-Farzad Mohammadi and Shigeaki Ohno},
  journal={Iranian Journal of Ophthalmology},
  year={2009},
  volume={21},
  pages={4-16}
}
Purpose: To review epidemiological aspects of uveitis in Asia and compare it with few major reports from outside of this continent Methods: We have reviewed 522 articles concerning the causes and patterns of uveitis and 22 major epidemiology reviews, registered from 1962 to 2009 in Medline-Database. [] Key Method We have selected 7 major reviews from Asia and compared it with five major articles from Africa, France, East and West USA and Argentina. We have also used 59 reviews and reports to show some local…
irjo.org
24 Citations
Highly Influential Citations
3
Background Citations
11
Results Citations
5

Tables from this paper

24 Citations

Epidemiology of uveitis in a referral hospital in Turkey.

Uveitis tends to affect patients between 20 and 40 years old, and Behçet's disease is the most common cause, leading to male predominance and a higher frequency of a chronic course.

Pattern of Uveitis in Iran: A Systematic Review

The pattern of uveitis in the Iranian society can help physicians in the diagnostic approach, management, and treatment of patients, as well as help researchers understand the causes and etiologies of the disease.

Clinical patterns and characteristics of uveitis in a secondary hospital in southern China.

Idiopathic anterior and posterior uveitis, Behcet's disease, VKH syndrome, infectious Uveitis and traumatic uve arthritis are the most common uveritis entities in a secondary hospital in southern China.

Patterns of Uveitis at Two University-Based Referral Centres in Cape Town, South Africa

This study emphasizes the importance of HIV testing and investigations for infectious causes of uveitis, especially syphilis, in this population, which has a high prevalence of HIV, TB and syphilis.

Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Uveitis from Urban Populations in South India

Iiopathic uveitis was highest in non-infectious and tuberculosis in infectious etiology and Toxoplasmosis was seen in the pediatric age group.

Patterns of Uveitis in Egypt

Panuveitis is the most common anatomic form of uveitis in Egypt and the etiologic diagnosis ofUveitis should focus in particular on Behçet disease, parasitic anterior chamber(AC) granulomatous Uveitis, and VKH.

Patterns of Uveitis among Patients Attending Jimma University Department of Ophthalmology, Jimma, Ethiopia

Anterior Uveitis was the most common pattern found among uveitis patients and Herpes simplex and toxoplasmic chorioretinitis were the mostcommon-identified infectious causes.

Patterns of Uveitis in a Tertiary Care Referral Institute in Saudi Arabia

The most common anatomic diagnosis was panuveitis and VKH disease and Behçet disease were the most frequent causes and glaucoma was the most common complication of uveitis.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Uveitis in Turkey: The First National Registry Report

Behçet disease is still the most common non-infectious etiology in Turkish Uveitis patients, while ocular toxoplasmosis and herpetic anterior uveitis are the most most common infectious uveitic entities.

A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ANTERIOR UVEITIS

References

SHOWING 1-10 OF 70 REFERENCES

Global variation and pattern changes in epidemiology of uveitis.

An overview of the pattern of uveitis of 15221 cases in 24 case series reported from several countries over 35 years is provided and the experience of an additional 8759 cases seen over six years at a large community-based eye hospital is integrated.

Epidemiology of endogenous uveitis in north-eastern Italy. Analysis of 655 new cases.

The authors support that the presentation of single case experiences may allow improved multi-centric analysis and a greater understanding of the epidemiology of uveitis.

Uveitis: a global perspective

There are similarities and distinct differences in the patterns of uveitis in the various geographic regions and such patterns are influenced by combinations of geographical, environmental, and genetic factors.

Clinical Patterns and Characteristics of Uveitis in a Tertiary Center for Uveitis in China

Idiopathic anterior uveitis, Behçet disease, and VKH syndrome are the most common entities of uve arthritis in China and ocular toxoplasmosis, ocular histoplasmotic, and birdshot retinochoroidopathy are less common or absent in China

Epidemiology of endogenous uveitis in south-western Finland.

The case records of 1122 patients with endogenous uveitis including 418 new cases treated at the University Eye Clinic in Turku during the years 1980-1982 and 1988 were studied, finding the incidence was higher in lower socio- economic groups than in higher socio-economic groups.

Demographic and Clinical Features of Uveitis in Tertiary Centers in Turkey

Uveitis associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and ocular toxoplasmosis were the most common cause of uveitis in childhood and Behçet Uveitis was the leading cause in this series reported from other countries.

Uveitis in children: population-based study in Finland.

Uveitis is rarer in children than in adults, however, in contrast to studies from tertiary referral centers, the distribution of different forms of uveitis in children in this population-based study seems to resemble the distribution in adults.

Incidence and prevalence of different uveitis entities in Finland.

The incidence and prevalence rates of acute anterior uveitis associated with ankylosing spondylitis were 2.0 and 10.3 per 100,000 population, respectively, and this disease association occurred more often in men than in women (p < 0.001).

Uveitis in the southeastern United States.

The higher frequency of sarcoidosis and idiopathic panuveitis than previously reported is related to the larger African American population base in the United States.

Epidemiology of uveitis. Incidence and prevalence in a small urban community.

In this paper the literature concerning the demographic characteristics of uveitis will be reviewed, and a 10-year retrospective survey of the disease among residents of Rochester, Minnesota, will be…
...