Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 195-208 , November 2001

The Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis Syndrome

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☆ Min-Sik Park, DVM, Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, performed the analysis of HLA types. Minhtri Nguyen, MD, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, provided suggestions regarding appropriate criteria for diagnosis of acute interstitial nephritis. James T. Rosenbaum, MD, Departments of Ophthalmology, Medicine, and Cell Biology, Oregon Health Sciences University, participated in the formulation of diagnostic criteria for TINU syndrome. The following individuals translated articles published in non-English language journals: Adil Abduragimon, PhD, Gabriele Dillman, PhD, Yasmin B. Harvey, Takao Hashimoto, MD, PhD, Jana Hatch, Sandy Y. Lee, MD, Bettina S. Prost, JD, Federico Velez, MD, and Mirka Vuollo.

☆☆ Supported in part by Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. (Dr. Holland), the Skirball Foundation, Los Angeles, CA (Dr. Holland), and the David May II Endowed Professorship (Dr. Holland). Dr. Holland is a recipient of a Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc.—Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award.

★ The authors have no proprietary or commercial interest in any product or idea discussed in this article.

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