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The Challenge of Pediatric Uveitis: Tertiary Referral Center Experience in the United States

Mariantonia FerraraMassachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;The Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Science, Federico II University, Naples, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Laura EggenschwilerMassachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;The Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
, MD,
Andrew StephensonMassachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;The Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
, BS,
Alyssa MontiethMassachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;The Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
, BS,
Nakhoul NakhoulDepartment of Ophthalmology, Barich Padeh Medical Center, Poriya, Israel
, MD,
Rafael Araùjo-MirandaFaculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel;FISABIO Oftalmologia Medica, Valencia, Spain
, MD &
C. Stephen FosterMassachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;The Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
, MD show all
Pages 410-417 | Received 12 Jul 2017, Accepted 18 Dec 2017, Published online: 15 Jan 2018

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