Pharmacotherapy for uveitis: Current management and emerging therapy

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 1891-1911

  Barry, Robert J ^a   Nguyen, Quan Dong ^b   Wlee, Richard ^c   Imurray, Philip ^a   Denniston, Alastair K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Immunomodulatory therapeutic agents; Immunosuppression; Inflammation; Uvea

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ADALIMUMAB; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CEDELIZUMAB; CHLORAMBUCIL; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; EFALIZUMAB; ETANERCEPT; EVEROLIMUS; FLUOCINOLONE ACETONIDE; FOSCARNET; GOLIMUMAB; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; MYDRIATIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALACICLOVIR; VOCLOSPORIN;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; APLASTIC ANEMIA; APPETITE DISORDER; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRONCHOSPASM; CATARACT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CUSHING SYNDROME; CYTOPENIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GINGIVITIS; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFERTILITY; INJECTION SITE REACTION; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TOXICITY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EDEMA; LUPUS LIKE SYNDROME; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEOPLASM; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN CANCER; SLEEP DISORDER; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT DURATION; UVEITIS; VISION;

EID: 84907709770     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S47778     Document Type: Review

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