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. 2011 Oct;6(4):259–269.

Table 1.

Pediatric uveitis series reported from various countries

Authors/ country Year/N Anterior uveitis Intermediate uveitis Posterior uveitis Panuveitis Idiopathic JIA Toxoplasmosis Behçet’s disease VKH Herpetic uveitis
Tugal-Tutkun et al/USA [3] 1996/130 58.4% 20% 13.8% 7.6% 36.8% 41.5% 7.7% 0.7% 1.5% 2.2%
Pivetti-Pezzi/ Italy [4] 1996/267 33.3% 25.1% 26.6% 15% 54.3% 9.4% 11.6% 2.2% 1.5% 5.6%
Soylu et al/ Turkey [5] 1997/90 33.3% 8.9% 23.3% 34.4% 34.4% 3.3% 25.6% 11.1% - 5.1%
Paivönsalo-Hietanen et al/ Finland [1] 2000/55 90.9% 1.8% 5.5% 1.8% 47.3% 36.3% 5.5% - - 5.5%
Stoffel et al/ Switzerland [6] 2000/70 57% - 14% 29% 54% 34.3% NA 1.4% - NA
De Boer et al/ Netherlands [7] 2003/123 36% 24% 19% 21% 53.7% 20% 10% - - 3.3%
Kadayifcilar et al/Turkey [8] 2003/219 43.4% 11.9% 31% 13.7% 36% 13.2% 21% 10.9% 0.5% 0.9%
Edelsten et al/ UK [2] 2003/249 70% - 30% - 44% 47% 2% - - -
Azar et al/ Australia [9] 2004/40 66% 5.7% 13.2% 15.1% 60% 17.5% 2.5% - - 12.5%
Rosenberg et al/ USA [10] 2004/148 30.4% 27.7% 23.7% 18.2% 26.4% 23% 7.4% 0.7% 0.7% 2%
Kump et al/ USA [11] 2004/269 56.9% 20.8% 6.3% 16% 51.7% 33% 3.4% 0.3% 0.7% 1.5%
Ben Ezra et al/ Israel [12] 2005/276 13.4% 41.7% 14.1% 30.8% 25.4% 14.9% 7.2% 4.7% 1.1% 3.6%
Khairallah et al/ Tunisia [13] 2006/64 31.3% 31.3% 20.3% 17.2% 49.9% 6.2% 14.1% 6.2% 1.5% 6.2%
Rathinam et al/ India [14] 2007/616 59.9% 8.4% 11% 20.6% 32.5% 1.8% 4.7% - 0.6% 1.8%
Kazokoglu et al/ Turkey [15] 2008/48 NA NA NA NA 58.3% 12.5% 12.5% 10.4% - -
Smith et al/ USA[16] 2009/527 44.6% 28% 14.4% 12.9% 29% 21% 5% 2% 3% NA
Paroli et al/ Italy [17] 2009/257 47.8% 19.4% 24.9% 7.8% 12.8% 19.9% 15.1% 2.9% 1.5% 5.8%
Hamade et al/ Saudi Arabia [18] 2009/163 42% 20% 7% 31% 50% 15% 4% 5% 16% 2%

JIA: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; VKH: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease; NA: not available