Nashtaei Ebrahim M, Soheilian Masoud, Herbort Carl P, Yaseri Mehdi
Ophthalmic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
J Ophthalmic Vis Res. 2011 Oct;6(4):233-40.
To compare the patterns of uveitis, emphasizing similarities and discrepancies, in the Middle East and Europe.
Six articles reporting uveitis patterns from the Middle East including a total of 2,693 cases, and seven articles with a sum of 4,379 cases from Europe were analyzed and patterns in each region were defined and compared.
In both regions, uveitis was most commonly seen in the fourth decade of life with anterior uveitis being the most common anatomical form. Idiopathic cases accounted for the majority of anterior and intermediate uveitis; toxoplasmosis was the most frequent entity in posterior uveitis while Behcet's disease and idiopathic forms were the next most common causes in the Middle East and in Europe, respectively.
Since patterns of uveitis differ in various geographic regions, discovering these patterns would be helpful for the diagnosis and treatment of this broad category of conditions. This necessitates applying a universal diagnostic classification system to enable accurate comparisons.
比较中东和欧洲葡萄膜炎的模式，重点关注其异同。
分析了6篇报道中东葡萄膜炎模式的文章，共2693例病例，以及7篇报道欧洲葡萄膜炎模式的文章，共4379例病例，并对每个地区的模式进行了定义和比较。
在这两个地区，葡萄膜炎最常见于40岁左右，前葡萄膜炎是最常见的解剖形式。特发性病例占前葡萄膜炎和中间葡萄膜炎的大多数；弓形虫病是后葡萄膜炎最常见的病因，而贝赫切特病和特发性形式分别是中东和欧洲第二常见的病因。
由于葡萄膜炎模式在不同地理区域存在差异，了解这些模式将有助于诊断和治疗这类广泛的疾病。这就需要应用通用的诊断分类系统，以进行准确的比较。
