Open AccessHuman Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Increases the Risk of Incident Uveitis Among People Living With HIV/AIDS
Author(s) -
YungFeng Yen,
Jia-Yih Feng,
Vincent Yi-Fong Su,
Pei-Hung Chuang,
Ming-Chung Ko,
Chu-Chieh Chen,
Yijie Li,
Sheng-Wei Pan,
WeiJuin Su
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000001782
Subject(s) - medicine , uveitis , hazard ratio , cohort , cohort study , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , immunology
Case reports indicated that HIV itself may be a direct cause of uveitis. However, the association of HIV with incident uveitis has not been extensively studied. This nationwide cohort study determined the association of HIV with incident uveitis.