Idiopathic Chronic Anterior Uveitis Patients Experience Frequent Complications
Patients can maintain long-term visual health with adequate therapy.
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Uveitis Classification System Offers a Step Toward Standardization
The system can help create homogenous groups for certain disease entities that could be used for research purposes, the study suggests.
Study Delineates Uveitis Associated With Cytomegalovirus, Other Etiologies
Cytomegalovirus and Varicella Zoster Virus-Related Uveitic Secondary Glaucoma.
Uveitis Patients Achieve Inactive Disease Status With Adalimumab
Even patients who stopped and then restarted the therapy experienced improvements.
Viral Anterior Uveitis Does Not Preclude Cataract Surgery Success
Cataract surgery in patients with CMV anterior uveitis leads to significantly improved corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) in 73% of patients, a study says.
Review: Uveitis Most Frequent Ocular Expression of Hodgkin Lymphoma
Ocular events from Hodgkin lymphoma may include infiltrative, inflammatory, paraneoplastic, and toxic reactions.
Patients With Noninfectious Uveitis Can Achieve Control Using Adalimumab
A 12-month course of adalimumab improved visual and ophthalmologic outcomes for eyes with chronic noninfectious uveitis.
Kimmtrak Approved for Unresectable or Metastatic Uveal Melanoma
The approval was based on data from the phase 2 IMCgp100-202 trial that assessed Kimmtrak in 378 HLA-A*02:01-positive adults with previously untreated metastatic uveal melanoma.
High Prevalence of axSpA in Patients With Uveitis and CBP
Researchers assessed the prevalence of previously undiagnosed axial spondyloarthritis in patients with acute anterior uveitis and chronic back pain.
Secondary Ocular Syphilis Dysfunction Visible With ICGA Protocol
The finding in the retinal pigment epithelium appears as hypofluorescence visible only on late-phase indocyanine green angiography, investigators report.
Study Weighs 2 First-line Antimetabolites in Uveitic Macular Edema Treatment
Treating with either option has a similar effect on macular thickness at 12 months, but macular edema persisted.
Lower Relapse Risk With Infliximab Than Adalimumab in Sight-Threatening Uveitis
The study also shows Behçet’s uveitis is more likely to respond to anti-TNF alpha agents, and relapse less frequently, than other causes of noninfectious uveitis.
Viral-Linked Glaucoma Associated With Corneal Damage, Retinal Layer Thinning
Cytomegalovirus-positive Posner-Schlossman syndrome may lead to corneal endothelial cell loss and retinal nerve fiber layer thinning.
Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics of Uveitis Associated With PsA Studied
Researchers studied the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of uveitis associated with psoriatic arthritis, the differences between patients with and without uveitis, and the association between uveitis and biologic treatment.
OCT Biomarkers Predicts Treatment Response in Uveitic Macular Edema
The findings could help manage patients being treated with an investigational formation of triamcinolone acetonide.
Extraskeletal Manifestations in axSpA Associated With Worse Clinical Outcomes
Researchers studied the prevalence and 4-year incidence of acute anterior uveitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and psoriasis, and explore the associations between extraskeletal manifestations and clinical disease outcomes in axial spondyloarthritis.
Immunosuppressant Drugs Comparable in Noninfectious Ocular Inflammation
Researchers reviewed the use of mycophenolate mofetil and methotrexate in cases of noninfectious ocular inflammatory disease.
Real-Time PCR Test Detects Intraocular Inflammation
The test requires a 1 mL sample.
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Linked With Extensive Adverse Ocular Events
The complications were most commonly seen in patients taking ipilimumab.
Visual Acuity Significantly Correlated With Quality of Life in Noninfectious Uveitis Treatment
The FAST Uveitis Trial offered a comprehensive picture of the effects of uveitis treatment.
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