Background: A significant increase in the number of episodes of acute anterior uveitis was
found in December for two consecutive years at a community-based ophthalmology practice …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the prevalence of immunologic and genetic markers in patients with
idiopathic ocular inflammation and a family history of inflammatory bowel disease. DESIGN …

Recurrent acute anterior uveitis is a frequent extra-articular manifestation of the axial
spondyloarthropathies (AxSpA); chronic inflammatory diseases affecting the spine, enthesis …

Recent studies strongly support the concept that gut and joint inflammation are closely
related. Progress also has been made in identifying individual mechanisms that contribute to …

Spondyloarthritis can be considered one of the prototypes (besides rheumatoid arthritis) of
an inflammatory rheumatic disease. The locomotor system is prominently involved with …

La inflamación ocular es una manifestación clínica frecuente de múltiples enfermedades
sistémicas autoinmunes, siendo de gran relevancia en las espondiloartropatías. Dentro del …

A woman developed anterior uveitis at age 24, inflammatory bowel disease at age 29, and
ankylosing spondylitis at age 45 by history. There were frequent recurrences. An HLA-B27 …

This study is based on the comparative analysis of 38 patients with reactive arthritis defined
by Amor criteria, a group of 33 patients with rheumatoid polyarthritis and 50 healthy controls …

PURPOSE: A subset of patients with anterior uveitis express the marker, perinuclear anti-
neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (pANCA). In this study, recombinantly isolated pANCA …

■ Bacterial triggers have been strongly implicated in the development of AAU and recurrent
episodes of ocular inflammation.■ Human uveal antigen-presenting cells express TLR4, the …