title: Pharmacologic Treatment of Noninfectious Uveitis.
abstract: Uveitis encompasses a spectrum of diseases whose common feature is intraocular inflammation, which may be infectious or noninfectious in etiology (Nussenblatt and Whitcup 2010). Infectious causes of uveitis are typically treated with appropriate antimicrobial therapy and will not be discussed in this chapter. Noninfectious uveitides are thought have an autoimmune component to their etiology and are thus treated with anti-inflammatory agents.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10 Room 10N109, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Jared E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Knickelbein
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10 Room 10N109, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Karen R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Armbrust
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10 Room 10N109, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Meredith
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10 Room 10N109, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
authors.forename: H Nida
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10 Room 10N109, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA. DrBob@nei.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Nussenblatt
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D014605:Uveitis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents
keywords: Antimetabolites; Biologic agents; Noninfectious uveitis; T cell inhibitors; Treatment