1. Pediatric Uveitis in Turkey: The National Registry Report II.
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Yalçındağ FN, Özdal P, Özyazgan Y, Batıoğlu F, and Tugal-Tutkun I
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- Child, Humans, Adolescent, Turkey epidemiology, Retrospective Studies, Registries, Pars Planitis, Uveitis diagnosis, Uveitis epidemiology, Behcet Syndrome diagnosis, Behcet Syndrome epidemiology, Arthritis, Juvenile
- Abstract
Purpose: To report demographic and clinical profiles of children with uveitis in theTurkishpopulation., Methods: The data of the pediatric uveitis cases in the nation wide uveitis database were analyzed., Results: The study included 697 eyes of 442 patients with a meanage of 10.8 ± 3.8 years. There were 333 patients (75.3%) with non-infectious uveitis and 69 patients (15.6%) with infectious uveitis. Pars planitis (20.1%) was leading clinical form followed by idiopathic cases with uveitis other than pars planitis (18.8%), juvenile idiopathic arthritis(JIA) related uveitis (12.4%), Behçet uveitis (9.3%) and toxoplasma retinochoroiditis (7.9%). Ocular involvement was unilateral in 187 patients (42.3%) and bilateral in 255 patients (57.7%). The most common anatomiclocation of uveitis was anterior uveitis (39.1%), followed by intermediate uveitis (29.4%), panuveitis (16.1%) and posterior uveitis (15.4%)., Conclusion: The most common systemic association was JIA in the younger children and Behçet disease in the older children.
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- 2023
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