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OPHTHALMOLOGY
卷 108, 期 6, 页码 1134-1139出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(01)00576-0
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Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes of patients with chronic noninfectious uveitis unresponsive to conventional antiinflammatory therapy who were treated with methotrexate. Design: Retrospective noncomparative interventional case series. Participants: All patients with chronic noninfectious uveitis treated with methotrexate at a single institution from 1985 to 1999, Methods: Charts of patients seen on the Ocular Immunology & Uveitis Service at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary were reviewed. Patients with chronic uveitis of noninfectious origin treated with methotrexate were included in the study. Main Outcome Measures: Control of inflammation, steroid-sparing effect, visual acuity, adverse reactions. Results: A total of 160 patients met the inclusion criteria, Control of inflammation was achieved in 76.2% of patients. Steroid-sparing effect was achieved in 56% of patients, Visual acuity was maintained or improved in 90% of patients. Side effects requiring discontinuation of medication occurred in 18% of patients, Potentially serious adverse reactions occurred in only 8.1% of patients. There was neither long-term morbidity nor mortality caused by methotrexate. Conclusions: Methotrexate is effective in the treatment of chronic noninfectious uveitis that fails to respond to conventional steroid treatment. It is an effective steroid-sparing immunomodulator, is a safe medication, and is well tolerated. Ophthalmology 2001;108:1134-1139 (C) 2001 by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
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