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Original Article

Pediatric Uveitis: Experience in Colombia

Marcela LonngiInvestigación Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Department of Ophthalmology, Bogotá, Colombia;Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario, Department of Ophthalmology, Bogotá, Colombia
, MD,
María Camila AguilarInvestigación Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Department of Ophthalmology, Bogotá, Colombia;Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario, Department of Ophthalmology, Bogotá, Colombia
, MD,
Hernán Andrés RíosInvestigación Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Department of Ophthalmology, Bogotá, Colombia;Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario, Department of Ophthalmology, Bogotá, Colombia
, MD,
Cristhian H. Aristizábal-DuqueCentro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, grupo GEPAMOL, Universidad del Quindío, Armenia, Colombia
, MD,
Francisco José RodríguezInvestigación Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Department of Ophthalmology, Bogotá, Colombia;Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario, Department of Ophthalmology, Bogotá, Colombia;Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Retina and Vitreous Department, Bogotá, Colombia
, MD &
Alejandra de-la-TorreInvestigación Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Department of Ophthalmology, Bogotá, Colombia;Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario, Department of Ophthalmology, Bogotá, Colombia;Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Immunology and Uveitis Department, Bogotá, Colombia;Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Immunology Service, Grupo de Investigación en Salud Pública, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, ColombiaCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, PhD
Pages 410-414 | Received 12 Sep 2015, Accepted 25 Feb 2016, Published online: 18 May 2016

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