Estudo comparativo entre as manifestações oftalmológicas, sorológicas e resposta terapêutica de pacientes com esclerite isolada e esclerite associada a doenças sistêmicas [PDF]
, 2011 INTRODUCTION: Scleritis is a rare, progressive and serious disease, the signs of which are inflammation and edema of episcleral and scleral tissues and is greatly associated with systemic rheumatoid diseases.
Freitas, Denise de +5 more
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Doença de Charcot-Marie-Tooth e esclerite posterior: relato de caso [PDF]
, 2000 Purpose: To describe the unusual association of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMTD) and posterior scleritis. Methods: Case report of a 16-year-old female with decreased visual acuity and pain in both eyes.
Alvarenga, Lênio S. +5 more
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Tibial Periosteum For The Surgical Perforation [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose: Report a successful case of scleral perforation repair, refractive to treatment with bank-scleral graft, using pretibial periosteum graft patch.
Mateo A +5 more
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The impact of new methods of investigation and treatment on the understanding of the pathology of scleral inflammation [PDF]
, 2014 Recent advances in the understanding of the initiation and perpetuation of the immune response strongly suggest that all forms of noninfective immunologically induced scleral inflammation have a common origin.
Romano, A., Watson, P.
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Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome in Two Patients with Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy [PDF]
, 2007 We describe herein 2 patients who developed Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome in the course of renal biopsy-proven immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy. A 61-year-old man with an 11-year history of IgA nephropathy and a 16-year history of thyroiditis, and a 56-
Masuda, Ikuya +5 more
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Review of Systemic Immunosuppression for Autoimmune Uveitis [PDF]
, 2014 The purpose of this review is to comprehensively examine the various therapeutic agents available to treat autoimmune eye disease, their indications, clinical safety and recent developments.
Castiblanco, Claudia, Foster, C. Stephen
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Clinical profile of patients with posterior scleritis: A report from Eastern India
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018 Purpose: This study aimed to report the clinical profile of patients with posterior scleritis at a tertiary eye center in Eastern India. Methods: This was a single-center retrospective case series of patients who were diagnosed as posterior scleritis ...
Amitabh Kumar +3 more
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Subconjunctival dexamethasone implant for non-necrotizing scleritis [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to report the management of non-necrotizing anterior scleritis with a single-dose subconjunctival 0.7 mg dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex®, Allergan, Inc., CA, USA).
Cristina Muccioli +4 more
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Posterior Scleritis in Familial Mediterranean Fever
Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2019 Purpose: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a monogenic autoinflammatory disease presenting as sporadic paroxysmal attacks of fever and abdominal pain.
Ahmad M. Mansour +2 more
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Assessing the painful, uninflamed eye in primary care [PDF]
, 2015 We acknowledge the important contributions of Professor Amada J Lee, University of Aberdeen, Division of Statistics, for assistance with analysing the data from the patient survey.
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