Uveitis in juvenile chronic arthritis.
About 20% of patients with juvenile chronic arthritis develop uveitis which is frequently bilateral. Risk factors for uveitis are: female gender, pauciarticular onset of arthritis, presence of circulating antinuclear antibodies, and the antigens HLA-DW5 and HLA-DPw2. The visual prognosis in patients with uveitis is good in 25% and fair in 50%. The remaining 25% develop cataract and/or glaucoma. The management of glaucoma is unsatisfactory, but the results of cataract surgery by lensectomy are good.
Kanski
J J
JJ
Prince Charles Eye Unit, King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, Berkshire, U.K.
D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications*; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014605:Uveitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014785:Vision, Ocular