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Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 2016, Article ID 1458624, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1458624
Research Article

Fuchs’ Heterochromic Iridocyclitis in an Italian Tertiary Referral Centre: Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and Prognosis

Massimo Accorinti, Giovanni Spinucci, Maria Pia Pirraglia, Simone Bruschi, Francesca Romana Pesci, and Ludovico Iannetti

Department of Ophthalmology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Received 10 July 2016; Revised 22 August 2016; Accepted 23 August 2016

Academic Editor: Christoph Tappeiner

Copyright © 2016 Massimo Accorinti et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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