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Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada Syndrome (VKH) is an ocular disease with autoimmune systemic manifestations primarily affecting the melanocytic tissues in the eye, auditory, integumentary, and central nervous systems. The disease affects women more commonly as compared to men, usually in the fourth decade of life. The prognosis depends on the time elapsed between diagnosis and the start of treatment regimen and the frequency of recurrent episodes of inflammation.
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Tripathy, K., Agarwal, A., Singh, R.B., Aggarwal, K., Gupta, V. (2018). Vogt Koyanagi Harada Disease. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Herbort Jr., C. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_93-1
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