Histocompatibility (HLA) testing was performed on a total of 171 black Americans, 129 controls, and 42 patients with iridocyclitis. None of the patients had a history of rheumatological disease. The phenotype frequency of HLA B8 was greatly increased among patients than the control group (exact p = 0.0010). Most striking was the almost identical phenotypic frequency of B27 found in patients and...

Most patients with Reiter's syndrome (RS) or B27associated conditions respond well to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents. Hence there is no need for corticosteroid therapy or immune modulation in mild cases. Aggressive treatment should be considered only if a patient develops severe systemic manifestations such as vasculitis or iridocyclitis or the disease has a prolonged, crippling course ...

UCHS HETEROCHROMIC CYCLITIS (FHC) IS A CHRONIC, typically unilateral anterior segment uveitis syndrome.1 It is usually painless with limited inflammation characterized by diffuse, scattered, small and mediumsized keratic precipitates with mild anterior chamber flare, minimal anterior chamber cells, and iris atrophy that leads to secondary, acquired heterochromia. Immunohistochemistry of iris bi...

In general, Picard-Fuchs systems in N = 2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories are realized as a set of simultaneous partial differential equations. However, if the QCD scale parameter is used as unique independent variable instead of moduli, the resulting Picard-Fuchs systems are represented by a single ordinary differential equation (ODE) whose order coincides with the total number of independe...

UNLABELLED Bilateral Fuchs uveitis associated with vitreous infiltration and posterior segment involvement requires a thorough diagnostic evaluation. The lack of well-defined diagnostic criteria makes identification of this entity difficult. The aim of this case report was to present the characteristics of a patient with atypical Fuchs uveitis and the procedures needed to rule out the different...

PURPOSE The aim of the study was to investigate the association of polymorphisms of the interleukin-23 receptor (IL23R) gene with Fuchs' syndrome in a Chinese Han population. METHODS Three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs7517847, rs11209032 and rs17375018 of IL23R were genotyped in 138 Chinese Han patients with Fuchs' syndrome and 407 healthy controls by using the polymerase chain r...

In general, Picard-Fuchs systems in N = 2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories are realized as a set of simultaneous partial differential equations. However, if the QCD scale parameter is used as unique independent variable instead of moduli, the resulting Picard-Fuchs systems are represented by a single ordinary differential equation (ODE) whose order coincides with the total number of independe...