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Clinical characteristics and visual outcomes in infectious scleritis: a review

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2013
Emeline Radhika Ramenaden, Veena Rao RaijiDepartment of Ophthalmology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USAAbstract: Infection is a very important but rare cause of scleritis, occurring in about 5%–10% of all patients presenting with ...
Ramenaden ER, Raiji VR
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Nodular Scleritis Associated with Herpes Zoster Virus: An Infectious and Immune-Mediated Process

Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, 2016
Purpose. To describe a case of anterior nodular scleritis, preceded by an anterior hypertensive uveitis, which was primarily caused by varicella zoster virus (VZV). Case Report.
Mónica Loureiro, Renata Rothwell, Sofia Fonseca   +2 more
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Atypical Cogan’s Syndrome [PDF]

, 2013
Background. Cogan's syndrome is a rare clinical entity whose etiopathology is still unknown, and the treatment strategies are not clearly defined. Case.
Araújo, M., Friande, A., Maia, S., Meireles, A., Queirós, J., Seca, M.   +5 more
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Scleritis Caused by In Vitro Linezolid-Resistant Nocardia asteroides

Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, 2014
Purpose. To describe a case of postoperative scleritis caused by a novel strain of Nocardia resistant to linezolid and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX). Methods.
Andres Gonzalez, Kaihan Fakhar, David Gubernick, Sonal Tuli   +3 more
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Unilateral surgically induced Necrotizing Scleritis after trabeculectomy with Ologen in a patient with pigmentary glaucoma

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2016
Purpose: In this report we record the first surgically induced Necrotizing Scleritis case related to trabeculectomy with the use of Ologen Collagen Matrix Implant.
Usama Shalaby, Mohamed Amin Heikal
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Systemic levels of IL-23 are strongly associated with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis but not spondyloarthritis [PDF]

, 2009
Objectives Th17 cells are an effector T-cell population that plays a role in chronic inflammatory conditions and is dependent on IL-23 for their survival and expansion. More recently, a genetic association was discovered between polymorphisms in the gene
De Keyser, Filip, De Vos, Martine, Elewaut, Dirk, Jacques, Peggy, Kruithof, Elli, Melis, Lode, Mielants, Herman, VANDOOREN, BERNARD, Verbruggen, August   +8 more
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Different features in Wegener's granulomatosis: Report of five cases [PDF]

, 2012
Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is an autoimmune inflammatory condition. It is often a rapidly progressive and potentially fatal disease. The clinical presentation of WG can be so diverse that the list of its differential diagnosis is vast, ranging from ...
Aghaie, M., Mozafari, N., Roshandel, G., Sedighi, S., Zahedi, M.   +4 more
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Scleritis [PDF]

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, 2016
Emmett T, Cunningham, Peter, McCluskey, Carlos, Pavesio, Denis, Wakefield, Manfred, Zierhut   +4 more
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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF OPTIC NEURITIS [PDF]

, 2013
: Optic neuritis is inflammation of the optic nerve, which in a single or repeated attacks can severely and permanently damage visual function. Errors in diagnostic are daily and usually occur because of incomplete diagnostic procedure performed.
Bukumiric Zoran, Stojicevic Snezana, Zoric Lepsa   +2 more
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Clinic manifestations in granulomatosis with polyangiitis [PDF]

, 2016
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), is an uncommon immunologically mediated systemic small-vessel vasculitis that is pathologically characterised by an inflammatory reaction pattern (necrosis, granulomatous ...
De Vincentiis, Marco, De Virgilio, Armando, Fusconi, Massimo, Gallo, Andrea, Greco, Antonio, Macri, Gian Franco, Marinelli, Caterina, Zambetti, Giampietro   +7 more
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