Uveitis in the aging eye: Incidence, patterns, and differential diagnosis

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dc.contributor.authorAbdulaal, Marwan R.
dc.contributor.authorAbiad, Bachir H.
dc.contributor.authorHamam, Rola N.
dc.contributor.departmentOphthalmology
dc.contributor.facultyFaculty of Medicine (FM)
dc.contributor.institutionAmerican University of Beirut
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-24T12:08:28Z
dc.date.available2025-01-24T12:08:28Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractUveitis is a vision threatening inflammation of the eye that carries considerable morbidity. It is responsible for 10% of legal blindness in the United States and up to 25% in the developing world. Uveitis in patients more than 60 years of age is less common. The aging body has a changing response of the immune system, which might reflect a different pattern of uveitis in the elderly population. In this paper we review the incidence and patterns of uveitis in the elderly as reported in the literature and discuss changes with time. We also delineate a thorough differential diagnosis of de novo uveitis in the elderly. © 2015 Marwan R. Abdulaal et al.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1155/2015/509456
dc.identifier.eid2-s2.0-84930958563
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10938/31799
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHindawi Publishing Corporation
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Ophthalmology
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectOphthalmology
dc.titleUveitis in the aging eye: Incidence, patterns, and differential diagnosis
dc.typeArticle

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