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Original Article

Pattern of Pediatric Uveitis Seen at a Tertiary Referral Center from India

Sudha K. GaneshMedical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India and Correspondence[email protected]
, MD,
Aparna BalaMedical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India and
, MD,
J. BiswasMedical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India and
, MD,
Arshee S. AhmedMedical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India and
, MD &
John H. KempenDepartments of Ophthalmology and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
, MD
Pages 402-409 | Received 18 Oct 2014, Accepted 21 Jan 2015, Published online: 14 Jul 2015

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