Ophthalmic Manifestations of Biopsy Proven Giant Cell Arteritis in Chinese Patients

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Identifier 20180306_nanos_posters_146
Title Ophthalmic Manifestations of Biopsy Proven Giant Cell Arteritis in Chinese Patients
Creator Carmen Chan; Noel Chan; Charlene Yim; Jerry Lok
Affiliation (CC) (NC) (CY) (JL) Hong Kong Eye Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Subject Optic Neuropathy; Neuro-Ophth & Systyemic Disease (eg. MS, MG, Thyroid)
Description Compared with Caucasians, giant cell arteritis (GCA) is less common in Asians[1,2] with an estimated annual incidence of 0.34 per 100,000 people aged ≥ 50 per year in Hong Kong[3]. In this study, we aim to evaluate the clinical features of biopsy proven GCA in Hong Kong Chinese patients.
Date 2018-03
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2018 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2018: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2018. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6061g50
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 1309567
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6061g50
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