Still's Diseases Uveitis
The eye is shaped much like a tennis ball, hollow inside with three different layers of tissue surrounding a central cavity. The outermost is the
The middle layer between the sclera and the retina is called the uvea, from the Greek word "uva" meaning grape. In the laboratory, it looks much like a...
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