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SUBMITTER: Qian Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3089768 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Qian Ying Y Acharya Nisha R NR
Current opinion in ophthalmology 20101101 6
<h4>Purpose of review</h4>To describe recent evidence from the literature pertaining to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated uveitis.<h4>Recent findings</h4>Uveitis is most common in extended oligoarticular JIA. A significant number of patients already have ocular complications at time of diagnosis of uveitis. Risk factors for complications include either abnormally high or low intraocular pressure, posterior synechiae, male sex, temporal proximity to diagnosis of arthritis and topical ...[more]