Resumen de Implications of the Pacific Ocular Inflammation Uveitis Epidemiology Study

Steven Yeh, Farzin Forooghian, Eric B. Suhler

• Importance Uveitis is responsible for a significant proportion of legal blindness in the United States. Currently, there are few population-based reports characterizing the epidemiology of uveitis.

  Objective To ascertain the incidence and prevalence of uveitis in a Hawaiian population and compare these estimates with those from prior population-based studies.