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Invited Review

Tubercular Uveitis: Nuggets from Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1

Ilaria Testi1 Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKView further author information
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Rupesh Agrawal2 National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore;3 School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore;4 Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, SingaporeORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-5850View further author information
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Sarakshi Mahajan5 Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USAView further author information
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Aniruddha Agarwal6 Advanced Eye Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4985-9855View further author information
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Dinesh Visva Gunasekeran2 National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore;3 School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SingaporeView further author information
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Dhananjay Raje7 MDS Bioanalytics, Nagpur, IndiaView further author information
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Kanika Aggarwal6 Advanced Eye Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, IndiaView further author information
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Somasheila I. Murthy8 Tej Kohli Cornea Institute, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, IndiaView further author information
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Mark Westcott1 Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKView further author information
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Soon Phaik Chee4 Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore;9 Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, SingaporeORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6308-5721View further author information
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Peter McCluskey10 Department of Clinical Ophthalmology & Eye Health, Central Clinical School, Save Sight Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaView further author information
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Su Ling Ho2 National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeView further author information
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Stephen Teoh2 National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeView further author information
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Luca Cimino11 Ocular Immunology Unit, Azienda USL IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7956-9950View further author information
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Jyotirmay Biswas12 Department of Ophthalmology, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, IndiaView further author information
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Shishir Narain13 Department of Ophthalmology, Shroff Eye Centre, New Delhi, IndiaView further author information
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Manisha Agarwal14 Department of Ophthalmology, Dr Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital Daryaganj, New Delhi, IndiaView further author information
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Padmamalini Mahendradas15 Department of Uveitis and Ocular Immunology, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, IndiaView further author information
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Moncef Khairallah16 Department of Ophthalmology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Monastir, Monastir, TunisiaView further author information
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Nicholas Jones17 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Manchester, Manchester, UKView further author information
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Ilknur Tugal-Tutkun18 Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul University, Instanbul, TurkeyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4020-453XView further author information
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Kalpana Babu19 Prabha Eye Clinic & Research Centre, Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology, Bangalore, IndiaView further author information
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Soumayava Basu20 Department of Ophthalmology, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, IndiaView further author information
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Ester Carreño21 Departamento de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, SpainView further author information
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Richard Lee22 Department of Ophthalmology, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, UKView further author information
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Hassan Al-Dhibi23 Department of Ophthalmology, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Bahram Bodaghi24 DHU SightRestore, Department of Ophthalmology, Sorbonne University, Paris, FranceView further author information
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Alessandro Invernizzi25 Eye Clinic, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science “L. Sacco”, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3400-1987View further author information
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Debra A. Goldstein26 Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USAView further author information
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Carl P. Herbort27 Centre for Ophthalmic Specialised Care, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandView further author information
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Talin Barisani-Asenbauer28 The Centre for Ocular Inflammation and Infection (OCUVAC), Laura Bassi Centre of Expertise Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaView further author information
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Julio J. González-López29 Department of Ophthalmology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7210-7809View further author information
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Sofia Androudi30 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, GreeceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5303-7793View further author information
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Reema Bansal6 Advanced Eye Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, IndiaView further author information
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Bruttendu Moharana6 Advanced Eye Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, IndiaView further author information
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Simona Degli Esposti3 School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SingaporeView further author information
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Anastasia Tasiopoulou1 Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKView further author information
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Sengal Nadarajah1 Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKView further author information
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Mamta Agarwal12 Department of Ophthalmology, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, IndiaView further author information
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Sharanya Abraham12 Department of Ophthalmology, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, IndiaView further author information
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Ruchi Vala15 Department of Uveitis and Ocular Immunology, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, IndiaView further author information
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Ramandeep Singh6 Advanced Eye Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, IndiaView further author information
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Aman Sharma31 Department of Rheumatology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0813-1243View further author information
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Kusum Sharma32 Department of Microbiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, IndiaView further author information
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Manfred Zierhut33 Centre of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, GermanyView further author information
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Andres Rousselot34 Department of Ophthalmology, Universidad del Salvador of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaView further author information
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Robert Grant35 Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St George’s, University of London, London, UKView further author information
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Onn Min Kon36 Chest and Allergy Clinic, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UKView further author information
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Emmett T. Cunningham37 The Francis I. Proctor Foundation, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USAView further author information
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John Kempen38 Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA;39 MCM Eye Unit, MyungSung Christian Medical Center and MyungSung Medical School, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaView further author information
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Quan Dong Nguyen5 Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USAView further author information
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Carlos Pavesio1 Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKView further author information
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Vishali Gupta6 Advanced Eye Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 8-16 | Received 23 Feb 2019, Accepted 16 Jul 2019, Published online: 25 Nov 2019

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