Full blood count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate, antistreptolysin titre, albumin/ globulin ratio, blood sugar estimation, gonococcal complement-fixation test, Wassermann and Treponema pallidum immobilization tests, Waaler-Rose latex-fixation test, Toxoplasma complement-fixation test, Tine test, histoplasmosis complement-fixation test. Urine and stool examination for parasites and bacteria. ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS A pathogenic role of Th17 cells in uveitis has become clear in recent years. Therefore, in the present study, we aimed to evaluate the possible influence of the IL17A locus on susceptibility to non-anterior uveitis and its main clinical subgroups. METHODS Five IL17A polymorphisms (rs4711998, rs8193036, rs3819024, rs2275913 and rs7747909), selected by tagging, were genotyped us...

UNLABELLED Intermediate uveitis affecting pars plana, peripheral retina and underlying choroid affects primarily healthy children and young adults. OBJECTIVE To study the components of intermediate uveitis at Nepal Eye Hospital in the year 2003 August to 2004 March. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective study was done in patients with intermediate uveitis visiting Nepal Eye Hospital. Sample s...

Curcumin has been successfully applied to treat inflammatory conditions in experimental research and in clinical trials. The purpose of our study is to evaluate the efficacy of an adjunctive-to-traditional treatment with Norflo tablets (curcumin-phosphatidylcholine complex; Meriva) administered twice a day in recurrent anterior uveitis of different etiologies. The study group consisted of 106 p...

PURPOSE To analyze the corneal thickness and anterior chamber (AC) angle using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) in patients with acute anterior uveitis (AAU). METHODS Twenty two patients (24 eyes) were included. All patients underwent complete ophthalmological examination, applanation tonometry and AS-OCT at diagnosis and fifteen days after treatment. RESULTS Average c...

Ninety eight patients with uveitis of various types were tested for the presence of the antineutrophil antibody or ANCA by an indirect immunofluorescence method. This antibody is found in patients with diseases associated with small vessel vasculitis, including Wegener's granulomatosis and microscopic polyarteritis. Eleven true positive cases were found. A positive test was not associated with ...

Purpose HLA class I-specific killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) gene and HLA gene combinations have been associated with autoimmune uveitis (e.g., birdshot chorioretinopathy (BCR) and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome (VKH)). In oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), uveitis is one of the most serious complications, affecting approximately 20% of patients. Multiple studies...

Three patients who developed bilateral anterior uveitis at the end of, or soon after, the apparently successful treatment of visceral leishmaniasis are described. The uveitis gave rise to secondary glaucoma in 2 of the patients, and in the third patient the eye lesions were associated with an episode of post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis.

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ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the corneal and anterior chamber morphology in phakic eyes with noninfectious intraocular inflammation. Methods: This study included 59 active uveitis, 62 inactive 95 healthy eyes. Corneal endothelial cell density, hexagonal ratio, coefficient of variation (CV), thickness volume, maximum keratometry, volume depth (ACD) measurements were performed using a specular m...