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Editorial

Design and Interpretation of Clinic-Based Studies in Uveitis

Emmett T. Cunningham Jr.Department of Ophthalmology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA, ;Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA, ;The Francis I. Proctor Foundation, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA, Correspondence[email protected]
, MD, PhD, MPH,
Nisha AcharyaThe Francis I. Proctor Foundation, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA,
, MD, MS,
John H. KempenCenter for Preventive Ophthalmology and Biostatistics and Ocular Inflammation Service, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, ;Department of Ophthalmology, and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, ;Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and
, MD, PhD &
Manfred ZierhutCentre for Ophthalmology, University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
, MD
Pages 267-270 | Published online: 14 Aug 2015

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