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Hydroxychloroquine screening.
A lmony et al report in this issue of the BJO (p 569) the use of a threshold Amsler grid (TAG) as a screening tool for asymptomatic patients taking hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). They studied 56 patients taking HCQ and 12 controls. Patients were tested with a ‘‘white on black’’ Amsler grid (AG), a ‘‘red on black’’ AG (RAG), and the threshold AG (TAG). TAG uses cross polarising filters to reduce the ...
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Sir, Hydroxychloroquine is a derivative of chloroquine and is frequently used in dermatological practice in the management of a number of conditions including photosensitivity disorders. There are a number of recorded side-e¡ects of this therapy. Pruritus is a well recognized side-e¡ect of chloroquine treatment of malaria in Africans and has also, rarely, been reported in Caucasians. To our kno...
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Accepted for publication 20 January 1993 Abstract Objectives-In 1985 and 1988 a positive effect of treatment of primary Sj6gren's syndrome with hydroxychloroquine was reported in two small open studies. To investigate further the clinical and laboratory effects of hydroxychloroquine in primary Sjogren's syndrome a two year study was performed. Methods-The design of the study included a prospect...
متن کاملOcular toxicity of hydroxychloroquine.
OBJECTIVES To review the types, incidence, pathogenesis, risk factors, and clinical characteristics of hydroxychloroquine ocular toxicity and current views about its screening and management. DATA SOURCES Literature search of Medline up to May 2005. STUDY SELECTION Key words for the literature search were 'hydroxychloroquine', 'chloroquine', 'ocular', 'toxicity', 'retinopathy', and 'screeni...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0021-5384,1883-2083
DOI: 10.2169/naika.100.2960