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JAPANESE JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
Volume 56, Issue 6, Pages 536-543Publisher
SPRINGER JAPAN KK
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-012-0182-z
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Behcet's disease; Uveitis; Tumor necrosis factor alpha; Infliximab; Ocular inflammatory attacks
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23592554, 23406031] Funding Source: KAKEN
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To examine the factors affecting the efficacy of infliximab (IFX) as a treatment for uveitis in Beh double dagger et's disease. Clinical records of 29 patients with refractory uveoretinitis were examined retrospectively for the period between 6 months before the initiation of IFX therapy to 12 months thereafter. The patients were divided into two groups based on the absence (Group 1) or occurrence (Group 2) of ocular inflammatory attacks during the observation period after IFX therapy, and the clinical records of the groups were compared The mean age at onset of ocular inflammation in Group 1 patients (n = 17) was lower than that in Group 2 patients (n = 12) (p = 0.023). Compared to Group 2 patients, the period from onset to IFX therapy in Group 1 was longer (p = 0.037), and the frequency of ocular inflammatory attacks before IFX therapy was lower (p = 0.013). The rates of ocular fundus attacks before IFX therapy were 0.82 +/- A 0.28 in Group 1 and 0.96 +/- A 0.10 in Group 2 (p = 0.040). Three of 33 (9.1 %) eyes in Group 1 and nine of 24 eyes (37.5 %) in Group 2 had an improved best-corrected visual acuity of > 0.2 logarithm of the minimal angle resolution (p < 0.01). Patients in Group 1 tended to have fewer intraocular attacks (fewer fundus attacks in particular) prior to IFX therapy and have a longer period from onset of intraocular inflammation to IFX therapy. The improvement of the BCVA in Group 2 tended to be better.
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