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Uveitis and juvenile arthritis costs
1 June 2017
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether cost, prior insurance authorisation concerns and subspecialty practice influence therapeutic decisions in the treatment of uveitis associated with JIA. The authors developed an email questionnaire that included a brief vignette of...
Immunoglobulin G4-related ophthalmic disease – what is it? (Part 1)
3 February 2023
| Li Yen Goh
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Ophthalmology
Part 1: Epidemiology, classification, radiology, histopathology and associations (see Part 2 here) In this two-part series, Li Yen Goh reviews IgG4 disease and reminds us of diagnostic challenges faced. Introduction Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) disease is a recently recognised idiopathic systemic...
Prevalence and incidence of uveitis
3 June 2021
| Patty Mopamboli Mboli
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Incidence, epidemiology, prevalence, systematic review, uveitis
Uveitis encompasses a group of diseases characterised by the inflammation of fovea uvea which are potentially vision threatening. However, the frequency of this condition is unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to provide estimates of the frequency of uveitis...
Grading of ocular inflammation in uveitis: an overview
1 February 2016
| Rod McNeil
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Anterior uveitis is the commonest form of uveitis, which can lead to severe morbidity if not treated appropriately [1]. Data from general ophthalmology practices suggest around 90% of uveitis encountered by comprehensive ophthalmologists is anterior uveitis [2]. Intermediate (vitreous), posterior...
Medical Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting
14 March 2019
By Muhammad Adil Seelarbokus, Final Year Medical Student, Newcastle University. With an ever-increasing ageing population with multiple co-morbidities presenting to clinics nowadays, the need for medical ophthalmologists is growing. The Medical Ophthalmological Society’s Annual Meeting seemed to be an excellent...
Topical cyclosporine A 0.05% for recurrent anterior uveitis
1 August 2016
| Jonathan Chan
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Immunology, Inflammation, Treatment Medical
This is a retrospective case-crossover study conducted by reviewing medical charts of patients treated for recurrent anterior uveitis between 2002 and 2011 at the Kellogg Eye Centre by one cornea specialist. The demographics, episodes of anterior uveitis, severity of episodes...
Ozurdex use in noninfectious uveitis
1 June 2016
| Saruban Pasu
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Dexamethasone, fluocinolone, intravitreal implant, uveitis
Burkholder et al. reported the practice patterns of 45 respondents of approximately 176 surveyed members of the American Uveitis Society regarding the use of the Ozurdex implant. Most respondents performed the injection in either a procedure (41.0%) or clinic (23.1%)...
Outcomes of cataract surgery in patients with uveitis
1 December 2014
| Efrosini Papagiannuli
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Cataract and Refractive
This is a systematic, evidence-based literature review and meta-analysis, looking at the visual outcomes (vision 20/40 or better) of cataract surgery in uveitic eyes. The authors searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINHAL and CENTRAL, including English language and human studies only. They...
Viral uveitis
1 October 2019
| Ivan Yip
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus, rubella virus, varicella-zoster virus, viral anterior uveitis
This review covers viral causes of anterior uveitis. A viral aetiology should be suspected when anterior uveitis is accompanied by ocular hypertension, diffuse stellate keratic precipitates or the presence of iris atrophy. Most common viruses associated are herpes simplex, varicella-zoster...
IOP in children with uveitis
1 August 2019
| Jonathan Chan
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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child health (paediatrics), glaucoma, inflammation, uveitis
This is a retrospective study of paediatric uveitis (<16-years-old) between July 2002 to June 2016 of a total of 320 children from a single centre: 17.2 % (55/320 patients) developed raised IOP requiring therapy; 11.5% of eyes required glaucoma surgery...
Cataract surgery in uveitis
1 June 2018
| Jonathan Chan
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Cataract and Refractive
This is a multicentre study of eight UK independent sites of patients with uveitis, undergoing cataract surgery between January 2010 and December 2014. A total of 1173 eyes were compared with a control reference group of 95,573 eyes from the...
Differential inhibition of EAU by CTLA4 and IL-6
1 February 2016
| Graham Wallace
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Biologic, CTLA4, Cytokine, Experimental autoimmune uveitis, T cell, Uveitis
Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA4) binds both CD80 and Cd86 and inhibits T lymphocyte activation via CD28. Il-6 is a pleiotropic cytokine that has been associated with many autoimmune conditions including uveitis. Blockade of these molecules by either CTLA4-Ig, a...