Uveitis
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Uveitis Risk Factors
Risk factors for uveitis include:
Ankylosing spondylitis
Behcet's syndrome
Cytomegalovirus retinitis
Eye injury
Herpes gingivostomatitis
Histoplasmosis
Kawasaki disease
Lupus
Mumps
Psoriasis
Reiter's syndrome
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sarcoidosis
Shingles
Toxoplasmosis
Tuberculosis
Ulcerative colitis
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Uveitis Symptoms
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Last Updated: Jul 15, 2009
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Uveitis References:
Chang JH, McCluskey PJ, Wakefield D. Acute anterior uveitis and HLA-B27. Surv Ophthalmol. 2005 Jul-Aug;50(4):364-88.
Dunn JP. Review of immunosuppressive drug therapy in uveitis. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2004 Aug;15(4):293-8.
Jabs DA, Nussenblatt RB, Rosenbaum JT; Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) Working Group. Standardization of uveitis nomenclature for reporting clinical data. Results of the First International Workshop. Am J Ophthalmol. 2005 Sep;140(3):509-16.
Murphy CC, Hughes EH, Frost NA, Dick AD. Quality of life and visual function in patients with intermediate uveitis. Br J Ophthalmol. 2005 Sep;89(9):1161-5.
