Mooren's ulcer resolved with campath-1H [10]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 924-925

  Van Der Hoek, J ^a   Azuara Blanco, Augusto ^a   Greiner, K ^a   Forrester, J V ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; CYCLOSPORIN A; DOXYCYCLINE; ENBUCRILATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA RODENT ULCER; DISEASE COURSE; ENUCLEATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERATITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; CORNEAL ULCER; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0038121878     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.7.924     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Watson PG. Management of Mooren's ulceration. Eye 1997;11:349-56.
2. Gottsch JD, Liu SH, Minkovitz JB, et al. Autoimmunity to a cornea-associated stromal antigen in patients with Mooren's ulcer. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1995;36:1541-7.
3. Taylor CJ, Smith SI, Morgan CH, et al. HLA and Mooren's ulceration. Br J Ophthalmol 2000;84:72-5.
4. Newman DK, Isaacs JD, Watson PG, et al. Prevention of immune-mediated corneal graft destruction with the anti-lymphocyte monoclonal antibody, Campath-1H. Eye 1995;9:564-9.
5. Dick AD, Meyer P, James T. Campath-1H therapy in refractory ocular inflammatory disease. Br J Ophthalmol 2000;84:107-9.