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Table 3.

Common etiologies of uveitis in different types in studies carried out at tertiary ophthalmology referral centers in Iran


Study (First author)	Ant. uveitis (%)	Int. uveitis	Post. uveitis	Pan-uveitis (%)	Total (%)
Hosseini SM, et al (2018)^[25]	Idiopathic (27.5) $>$ FHI (17.24) $>$ Herpetic Uveitis (13.7) = Seronegative Spondyloarthropathy (13.7) $>$ JIA (4.6)	Idiopathic (60.7) $>$ Behcet's syndrome (10.7) = Seronegative Spondyloarthropathy (10.7) $>$ Sarcoidosis (7.1)	Toxoplasmosis (30) $>$ Serpiginous Choroidopathy (20) $>$ Idiopathic (10) = Herpetic Uveitis (10) = Sarcoidosis (10) = Presumed tuberculosis (10)	Idiopathic (22.72) = Behcet's Syndrome(22.72) = VKH(22.72) = Herpetic Uveitis (6.3) = Presumed tuberculosis (6.3)	Idiopathic (28.5) $>$ Behcet's Syndrome (16.6 $>$ VKH (10.6) $>$ Herpetic Uveitis (21) $>$ Seronegative Spondyloarthropathy (6.8) $>$ FU (6.4)
Rahimi M, et al (2016)^[27]	Idiopathic (59) $>$ JIA (22.7) $>$ Posner-Schlossman (9) $>$ Herpetic Uveitis (4.5) = ALL-L2 (4.5)	Idiopathic (94.4) $>$ Sarcoidosis (5.6)	Toxoplasmosis (40) = Toxocariasis (40) $>$ Idiopathic (20)	Idiopathic (50) $>$ VKH (25) $>$ Sympathetic Ophthalmia (25)	Idiopathic (62.9) $>$ JIA (9.2) $>$ Toxoplasmosis (7.4) = Toxocariasis (7.4) $>$ Herpetic Uveitis (1.8)
Kianersi F, et al (2016)^[28]	Idiopathic (50.5) $>$ FHI (32.8) $>$ Herpetic Uveitis (7.6) $>$ Behcet's Syndrome (2.6) $>$ JIA (1.3)	Idiopathic (81.6) $>$ Behcet's Syndrome (6.1) $>$ Multiple Sclerosis (4.1)	Toxoplasmosis (90.7) $>$ Idiopathic (4.7) $>$ Behcet's Syndrome (1.4)	Behcet's Syndrome (48) $>$ Idiopathic (32) $>$ VKH (2.7) $>$ ARN (2.4) = Sarcoidosis (2.4)	Idiopathic (43.9) $>$ Toxoplasmosis (19.3) $>$ FHI (14.1) $>$ Behcet's Syndrome (10.5) $>$ Herpetic Uveitis (3.2)
Rahimi M, et al (2014)^[29]	Idiopathic (44.2) $>$ FHI (17.8) $>$ Seronegative Spondyloarthropathy (10) $>$ Herpetic Uveitis (7.8) = JIA (7.8)	Idiopathic (92.4)	Toxoplasmosis (42.1) $>$ Behcet's Syndrome (15.7) $>$ ARN (8.2) $>$ VKH (6) $>$ Toxocariasis (4.7)	Behcet's Syndrome (34.3) $>$ VKH (17.1) $>$ Endogenous Endophthalmitis (11.4) $>$ Sympathetic Ophthalmia (3)	Idiopathic (37.9) $>$ Behcet's Syndrome (12.4) $>$ Toxoplasmosis (11.8) $>$ FHI (7.1) $>$ VKH (5.2)
Soheilian M, et al (2004)^[30]	Idiopathic (52.1) $>$ FHI (17.2) $>$ Seronegative Spondyloarthropathy (10) $>$ JIA (4.8) $>$ Herpetic Uveitis (3.8)	Idiopathic (86.5) $>$ Sarcoidosis (7.3) $>$ Multiple Sclerosis (4.2)	Toxoplasmosis (54.5) $>$ Eales Disease (11.9) $>$ Toxocariasis (10.9) $>$ ARN (8.9) $>$ Serpiginous Choroidopathy (4) = APMPPE (4)	Behcet's Syndrome (34.1) $>$ Idiopathic (22.5) $>$ VKH (15.2) $>$ Multifocal Choroiditis and Panuveitis (10.1) $>$ Sarcoidosis (5.1) = Sympathetic Ophthalmia (5.1)	Idiopathic (45.5) $>$ Toxoplasmosis (10.1) $>$ Behcet's Syndrome (8.6) $>$ FHI (6.6) $>$ VKH (3.9)
Ant. uveitis: anterior uveitis; Int. uveitis: intermediate uveitis; Post. uveitis: posterior uveitis