| Objective: To review the main etiologic, epidemiologic, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of the uveodermatologic syndrome. Data Sources: CAB and PUBMED databases were searched at the libraries of the Faculdade de Medicina and Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and of the Universidade Federal de Lavras (School of Medicine and School of Veterinary Medicine of the Federal University of Minas Gerais and of the Federal University ofLavras), covering a retrospective period of35 years. Data Synthesis: The uveodermatologic syndrome is a systemic autoimmune disease affecting the melanocytes and similar to Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndromein humans. The most prominent clinical signs are bilateral uveitis and glaucoma and skin and... |
