Development and Evaluation of Diagnostic Criteria for Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

To our knowledge, a set of well-defined diagnostic criteria is not yet developed for the diagnosis of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease.

Objective

To develop and evaluate a set of diagnostic criteria for VKH disease using data from Chinese patients.

Design, setting, and participants

This case-control study reviewed medical records of patients from a tertiary referral center between October 2011 and October 2016. Data from 634 patients with VKH disease and 623 patients with non-VKH uveitis from southern China were used to develop the Diagnostic Criteria for VKH Disease (DCV). Data from an additional group of 537 patients with a definite VKH disease diagnosis and 525 patients with non-VKH uveitis from northern China were used to evaluate the diagnostic crite

SUBMITTER: Yang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6142975 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature