A focus on the epidemiology of uveitis

T Tsirouki, A Dastiridou, C Symeonidis… - Ocular immunology …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Uveitis is a common, sight-threatening inflammatory ocular disease and includes
multiple heterogeneous clinical entities. The prevalence of various types of uveitis depends …

Uveitis

S Muñoz-Fernández, E Martín-Mola - Best Practice & Research Clinical …, 2006 - Elsevier
Uveitis is a prevalent disease that mainly affects young people. It leads to a significant
number of visual losses. Acute anterior uveitis is the most prevalent form, and it is often …

Chronic severe uveitis: etiology and visual outcome in 927 patients from a single center

B BODAGHI, N CASSOUX, B WECHSLER… - Medicine, 2001 - journals.lww.com
There is a significant under-registration of blind and visually impaired patients attending
ophthalmic departments. Blindness is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as …

Uveitis subtypes in a German interdisciplinary uveitis center—analysis of 1916 patients

E Jakob, MS Reuland, F Mackensen, N Harsch… - The Journal of …, 2009 - jrheum.org
Objective Studies on the epidemiology of uveitis are rare and cohorts are small. We
analyzed the frequencies of classified forms of uveitis in all patients at our center. Methods …

Epidemiology of uveitis in a Western urban multiethnic population. The challenge of globalization

V Llorenç, M Mesquida… - Acta …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To report the anatomical pattern and etiological spectrum of uveitis in an urban
multi‐ethnic population from B arcelona, S pain. General and specific epidemiological data …

Therapy of ankylosing spondylitis and other spondyloarthritides: established medical treatment, anti-TNF-α therapy and other novel approaches

J Braun, J Sieper - Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2002 - Springer
Therapeutic options for patients with more severe forms of spondyloarthritis (SpA) have
been rather limited in recent decades. There is accumulating evidence that anti-tumor …

Golimumab in refractory uveitis related to spondyloarthritis. Multicenter study of 15 patients

V Calvo-Río, R Blanco, M Santos-Gómez… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To assess the efficacy of golimumab (GLM) in refractory uveitis associated to
spondyloarthritis (SpA). Methods Multicenter study of SpA-related uveitis refractory to at least …

Spectrum and frequency of ophthalmologic manifestations in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a prospective single-center study

T Felekis, K Katsanos, M Kitsanou… - Inflammatory bowel …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background The frequency and spectrum of ophthalmologic manifestations in patients with
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been reported to vary among studies; however, rare …

Sulfasalazine reduces the number of flares of acute anterior uveitis over a one-year period.

S Muñoz-Fernández, V Hidalgo… - The Journal of …, 2003 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of sulfasalazine (SSZ) in the prevention of recurrent
flares of acute anterior uveitis (AAU). METHODS: We included patients seen from June 1997 …

Eye involvement in the spondyloarthropathies

A Bañares, C Hernández-García… - … Disease Clinics of North …, 1998 - Elsevier
Eye inflammation may be a prominent feature of several rheumatic diseases. The
spondyloarthropathies, including ankylosing spondylitis (AS), Reiter's syndrome (RS) …