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A person close to this student was afflicted with Uveitis, an inflammation of the middle layer of the eye, which claims some 300,000 people here in the U.S. and over 2 million globally.
Moira Gunn: Global Information Systems: Doing "Good Beyond Good" 2009
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The band is playing a benefit concert next week to raise money for research into Uveitis Yoo-vee-EYE-tis, but it's a one-of-a kind guitar auction that will generate the real funds for the project.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation, uveitis is the third leading cause of blindness in the U.S., and 5 to 10 percent of cases occur in children younger than 16.
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Uveitis can harm important structures like the iris in the front of the eye, and the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye where images are focused and relayed to the optic nerve.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Uveitis, or inflammation of the intraocular tissues of the eye, of Behcet's disease is one of the most severe forms of uveitis and affects approximately half of the patients with
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Uveitis is a swelling of the uvea, which is the middle layer of the eye.
Xoma: eye drug yields more positive study results - Yahoo! Finance 2010
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Uveitis is an inflammation of the tissue located just below the outer surface of the eyeball.
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Uveitis is an inflammation of the tissue located just below the outer surface of the eyeball.
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Uveitis is inflammation of the middle three layers of the eye: iris, choroid, and ciliary body.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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Fort Lauderdale, FL (May 4, 2009): Uveitis, or inflammation within the eye, is a group of diseases responsible for years of visual loss roughly comparable to that caused by diabetes.
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