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. 2004 Dec;88(12):1498–1499. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2003.040519

Table 1.

 Neurological diseases occurring in association with uveitis in a cohort of 1450 patients with uveitis

Neurological disease No of patients (%)
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease 16 (1.1)
Primary central nervous system lymphoma 16 (1.1)
Multiple sclerosis 14 (1.0)
Herpes virus infections* 10 (0.7)
Optic neuritis 7 (0.5)
Sarcoidosis 5 (0.3)
Behçet’s disease 5 (0.3)
Collagen vascular disease 5 (0.3)
Syphilis 5 (0.3)
Cogan’s syndrome 3 (0.2)
Central nervous system vasculitis 2 (0.1)
Other† 4 (0.3)
Unknown cause‡ 24 (1.7)
Total 115 (7.9)

*Neurological manifestations of herpes virus infections included encephalitis, CSF pleocytosis, cerebral infarct, optic neuritis, and other cranial neuropathies.

‡Other neurological diseases included Lyme disease, Takayasu’s disease, bacterial meningitis, and Bell’s palsy.

‡Neurological diseases of unknown cause included meningitis, myelitis, and inflammation of a nerve.