Studies on the Aetiological Problem of Uveitis

Abstract

DESPITE modern methods of investigation those cases of endogenous uveitis in which the aetiology is known with certainty are few, so that this group of diseases remains to-day one of the major problems of ophthalmology. For example, statistical studies show that, of all causes of blindness, uveitis is responsible for 7 95 per cent. in England and Wales (Hurlin and others, 1947) in the United States.