title: Uveitis as a prognostic factor in multiple sclerosis.
abstract: Uveitis is occasionally encountered in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The objective of this report is to investigate whether uveitis has a prognostic impact on the clinical course of MS. Several clinical and demographic features were compared between 41 MS patients with uveitis and 100 randomly selected MS patients without uveitis. While there were no significant differences by means of gender, age of MS onset, oligoclonal band positivity and disease duration, EDSS and progression index (PI) scores of MS patients with uveitis were significantly lower than those without uveitis (p = 0.004 and <0.001, respectively). Our results suggest that uveitis might be used as a good prognostic factor.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erkingul
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shugaiv
authors.affiliation: Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey/Institute for Experimental Medicine (DETAE), Istanbul University, Turkey drerdem@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tüzün
authors.affiliation: Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kürtüncü
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Bilim University, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aslı
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kıyat-Atamer
authors.affiliation: Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey.
authors.forename: Arzu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Çoban
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Bilim University, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gulsen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Akman-Demir
authors.affiliation: Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ilknur
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tugal-Tutkun
authors.affiliation: Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mefkure
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eraksoy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: EDSS; Multiple sclerosis; autoimmunity; disability; uveitis