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Uveitis
Potentially blinding eye disease more prevalent than previously thought
March 22nd, 2004
The incidence and prevalence of uveitis, a potentially blinding eye disease, was found to be much greater than previous estimates. A U.S. population-based study, published in the March 2004 issue of Ophthalmology, showed that the incidence of uveitis was nearly three times that of previous estimates in the United States. Uveitis is the inflammation of the uvea, the middle layer of the eye. Based on the findings of the study, it is estimated that more than 280,000 people in the United States have problems with the disease each year. Uveitis is responsible for 30,000 new cases of blindness annually and up to 10% of all the cases of blindness,...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2004-03-22)
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