Pharmacotherapy for uveitis: current management and emerging therapy.
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SUBMITTER: Barry RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4181632 | biostudies-other | 2014
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Pharmacotherapy for uveitis: current management and emerging therapy.
Barry Robert J RJ Nguyen Quan Dong QD Lee Richard W RW Murray Philip I PI Denniston Alastair K AK
Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 20140922
Uveitis, a group of conditions characterized by intraocular inflammation, is a major cause of sight loss in the working population. Most uveitis seen in Western countries is noninfectious and appears to be autoimmune or autoinflammatory in nature, requiring treatment with immunosuppressive and/or anti-inflammatory drugs. In this educational review, we outline the ideal characteristics of drugs for uveitis and review the data to support the use of current and emerging therapies in this context. I ...[more]
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