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Algorithm for Work-Up of Panuveitis

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Uveitis can occur either as a co-manifestation of various autoimmune disorders and infections or as a side effect of medications and toxins, or it can arise as a purely idiopathic ocular inflammation (Table 1).

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  1. Ocular Immunology Unit, Arcispedale S.M. Nuova IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Luca Cimino

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  1. Advanced Eye Center, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

  2. Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Pitié-Salpêtrière University, Paris, France

    Phuc LeHoang

  4. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Carl P Herbort Jr.

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Cimino, L. (2016). Algorithm for Work-Up of Panuveitis. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Herbort Jr., C. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_92-1

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