Comparison of presenting features and three-year disease course in Turkish patients with Behçet uveitis who presented in the early 1990s and the early 2000s.

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the prevalence of viral infections in patients with hypertensive anterior uveitis in Thailand from polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of aqueous humor. METHODS:Thirty-one patients with anterior uveitis with intraocular pressure (IOP) above 25 mmHg were included for PCR analysis for cytomegalovirus (C...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Khieu C,Kongyai N,Pathanapitoon K,Van Der Eijk AA,Rothova A

更新日期：2020-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the safety and efficacy of intravitreal injection of dexamethasone implant in the management of posterior segment involvement in tubercular uveitis (TBU). METHODS:In this study, retrospective analysis of safety and efficacy of intravitreal injection of dexamethasone implant for various indications suc...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Agarwal A,Handa S,Aggarwal K,Sharma M,Singh R,Sharma A,Agrawal R,Sharma K,Gupta V

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the clinical and histopathological features of post viper bite anterior segment ischemia. METHODS:Seven patients with ocular complications following viper bite referred to uveitis clinic had slit-lamp examination, intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement, and fundus evaluation. Iris and fundus fluore...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Sivakumar RR,Rao NA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effects of fluorescein fundus angiography (FFA) on semiautomated aqueous flare measurements. METHODS:Laser flare photometer (LFP) measurements was performed at baseline, 30 min, and 4 h after the intravenous administration of sodium fluorescein dye. FFA was performed immediately after the basel...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Halim MS,Onghanseng N,Park JH,Yilmaz M,Segawa A,Ertop M,Hassan M,Tran AN,Aktas Z,Ozdek S,Gurelik G,Do DV,Sepah YJ,Nguyen QD,Hasanreisoglu M

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the clinical profile and management of patients diagnosed to have ampiginous choroiditis in a tertiary care referral centre in India. METHODS:Retrospective cohort study. Twenty-six eyes of 16 patients were included in the study, which was diagnosed as choroiditis, serpiginous choroiditis, and acute p...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Jyotirmay B,Jafferji SS,Sudharshan S,Kalpana B

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eye is an immune-privileged site that uses specialized mechanisms to protect itself from damage and to preserve its visual acuity. Among the mechanisms that contribute to the eye's privileged existence is its ability to induce both local and peripheral tolerance to antigens that may transgress its chambers. Experi...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Stein-Streilein J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To review early withdrawal of immunomodulatory therapy (IMT) for birdshot retinochoroidopathy (BSRC). Design: Retrospective case-series of sixteen patients with Human-leukocyte-antigen-A29-positive BSRC treated with IMT ≥ 1 year and discontinued prior to achieving durable remission, observed ≥ 6 months off IM...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： You C,Meese H,Stephenson A,Montieth A,Ma L,Hernandez M,Kubaisi B,Syeda S,Foster CS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine factors conferring an increased risk of developing ocular hypertension secondary to the fluocinolone acetonide (FA) sustained-release surgical implant (Retisert). DESIGN:Retrospective, observational case series. METHODS:Patients with a history of chronic noninfectious posterior uveitis undergoing...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Sadowsky AJ,Pecen PE,Feinstein E,Palestine AG

更新日期：2020-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Uveal effusion is a rare disease that is characterized by exudative detachment of the ciliary body and choroid. Herein, we report a rare case of uveal effusion associated with viral encephalitis, which resolved following the treatment of the viral encephalitis and administration of corticosteroids. Case pre...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Lee DH,Kim TY,Lee SC,Kim M

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Since experimental, herpes simplex virus-induced acute retinal necrosis (ARN) develops in mice only if the mice fail to acquire virus-specific delayed hypersensitivity (DH) and despite their production of anti-viral antibodies (i.e. ACAID), I investigated whether a similar situation exists for patients with either var...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Kezuka T

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute anterior uveitis (AAU) is the commonest type of uveitis and HLA-B27 AAU is the most frequently recognized type of acute anterior uveitis and anterior uveitis overall. Recent evidence indicates that acute anterior uveitis is a heterogenous disease, is polygenic and is frequently associated with the spondyloarthro...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Wakefield D,Yates W,Amjadi S,McCluskey P

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the long-term efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in uveitic cystoid macular edema (CMO). METHODS:Thirty-eight uveitis patients with CMO treated with MMF with a follow-up of at least 5 years were analyzed. The patients were divided into two groups: group A, 24 patients with CMO that had occurred ...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Doycheva D,Zierhut M,Blumenstock G,Stuebiger N,Deuter C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To examine the effectiveness of prolonged oral acyclovir treatment in patients with acute retinal necrosis (ARN). METHODS:Fifty-five ARN patients (62 eyes) who had been treated with short-term or long-term oral acyclovir were identified in this retrospective study: one group treated with prolonged oral acyc...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Jeon S,Kakizaki H,Lee WK,Jee D

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Relapsing ocular inflammation occurs in about 70% of patients with Behçet's disease (BD) and can lead to permanent loss of vision. Neovascularization of the optic disc (NVD) or elsewhere in the retina (NVE) is a relatively uncommon but severe complication that lacks standardized treatment. METHODS:We report on...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Markomichelakis NN,Aissopou EK,Maselos S,Tugal-Tutkun I,Sfikakis PP

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated 32 human corneal buttons of patients suffering from severe eye burns. The keratoplasties were performed in different periods after the burn and collected within five years. Grafts were followed-up until they failed because of ulceration or until rehabilitating keratoplasties were performed. Ea...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Becker J,Salla S,Redbrake C,Schrage NF,Reim M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: The purpose of the study is to quantify aqueous flare using laser flare photometry (LFM) in patients undergoing 25-G pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and assess the need for postoperative topical corticosteroid administration . Methods: Prospective evaluation of 50 eyes (50 patients) was performed using LFM until ...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Agarwal A,Joshi D,Katoch D,Aggarwal K,Singh R,Gupta V

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a case of sympathetic ophthalmia following vitrectomy for endophthalmitis after an intravitreal injection of bevacizumab. DESIGN:Retrospective case report. METHODS:An 84-year-old male developed sympathetic ophthalmia 4 months after vitrectomy for endophthalmitis following an intravitreal injection...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Sisk RA,Davis JL,Dubovy SR,Smiddy WE

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify the means by which in-vitro-generated regulatory T cells, similar to those in anterior chamber-associated immune deviation (ACAID), suppress antigen-specific T-cell responses. METHODS:T regulators (T regs), generated by stimulating ovalbumin (OVA)-specific Tcr transgenic DO11.10 T cells with OVA-pu...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Yokoi H,Streilein JW

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To review the broad spectrum of clinical neuro-ophthalmic presentations associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Methods: Critical review of the literature regarding neuro-ophthalmic consequences of HIV infection and its sequelae. Results: Neuro-ophthalmological diseases are common in bot...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Gordon LK,Danesh-Meyer H

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a polymerase chain reaction method for rapid and direct diagnosis of herpetic intraocular infections using small volume samples of intraocular fluid from 29 patients with various intraocular inflammatory diseases and 24 controls with senile cataract. Of six patients with early acute retinal necrosi...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Usui M,Usui N,Goto H,Minoda H,Rai T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare outcomes of live related limbal allograft (Lr-CLAL) versus cadaveric keratolimbal allograft (KLAL) in limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) secondary to ocular burns. METHODS:Twenty patients with stage IIb LSCD were randomized so that cases underwent either Lr-CLAL or KLAL. Fibrovascular pannus was removed...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Titiyal JS,Sharma N,Agarwal AK,Prakash G,Tandon R,Vajpayee R

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present the clinical characteristics of patients with anterior uveitis who had evidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection on polymerase chain reaction PCR-based assays for viral DNA in aqueous samples. METHODS:This was a retrospective observational case series of 16 patients with CMV infection on qualitati...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Woo JH,Lim WK,Ho SL,Teoh SC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe whole-body 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed radiographic tomography (PET-CT) imaging of ophthalmic patients with systemic sarcoidosis. METHODS:Four systemic sarcoidosis patients were evaluated with PET-CT for staging. Two had been treated for conjunctival melanoma a...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Shulman JP,Latkany P,Chin KJ,Finger PT

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Post-streptococcal uveitis is a rare ocular disease which is part of other auto-immune conditions associated with post-streptococcal syndrome. It was first mentioned in medical literature in 1991, with only a few cases published at that time. We are presenting the case of a patient with bilateral panuveiti...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Medina CA,Fajardo A,Calderon A,Aracena M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potent antiretroviral therapy can result in substantial improvement in the immune function of patients with AIDS. In some patients with preexisting cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis, a consequence of this improved immune function is increased intraocular inflammation. This phenomenon, termed 'immune recovery uveitis', i...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Holland GN

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess long-term efficacy and safety of infliximab for refractory Behçet disease (BD) uveitis and to evaluate the effect of withdrawal of infliximab after achieving long-term remission. METHODS:Retrospective study of 19 patients. RESULTS:Mean follow-up was 44.1 ± 36.5 months and mean number of infliximab i...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Al Rashidi S,Al Fawaz A,Kangave D,Abu El-Asrar AM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recrudescence is a common and troubling feature of Acanthamoeba keratitis and suggests that corneal infection with this organism fails to stimulate the systemic immune apparatus. The present study examined the cell-mediated and humoral immune responses to Acanthamoeba keratitis in the Chinese hamster. Corneal infectio...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Van Klink F,Leher H,Jager MJ,Alizadeh H,Taylor W,Niederkorn JY

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To compare the clinical characteristics of patients with active episodes of ocular toxoplasmosis from three provinces, Misiones, Santa Fe, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Methods: Patients with a diagnosis of ocular toxoplasmosis from three databases of four tertiary referral uveitis centers were reviewed. Colle...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Schlaen A,Colombero D,Ormaechea S,Ladeveze E,Rudzinski C,Ingolotti M,Couto C,Rudzinski M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To present the ocular findings of the members of a family that has the diagnosis of Muckle Wells syndrome, a form of cryopyrin associated periodic syndrome (CAPS).Materials and Methods: Nine patients with MWS were included in this study. Each study participant underwent a systemic evaluation, comprehensive op...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Cekic S,Yalcinbayir O,Kilic SS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To report an unusual case of corneal graft rejection after yellow fever vaccine. Methods: Case report. Results: We have described the case of a 48-year-old man who developed a corneal graft rejection in the left eye 3 weeks after a yellow fever vaccination. The ophthalmic examination of the left eye revealed ...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Vignapiano R,Vicchio L,Favuzza E,Cennamo M,Mencucci R

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00