Clinical features and prognosis of HLA B27-associated acute anterior uveitis in an Italian patient population

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-96

  Accorinti, Massimo ^a   Iannetti, Ludovico ^a   Liverani, Marco ^a   Caggiano, Claudio ^a   Gilardi, Marta ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Anterior uveitis; HLA B27 typing; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETANERCEPT; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYDRIATIC AGENT; PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRIDOCYCLITIS; ITALY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLEDEMA; POSTERIOR SYNECHIAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REITER SYNDROME; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA VASCULITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERITIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950585532     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273941003597268     Document Type: Article

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