1.
Int Ophthalmol
; 18(4): 225-8, 1994.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7797387
ABSTRACT
Chronic iridocyclitis (CI) is among the most important extra-articular manifestations of juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA) and is most often observed in young girls with pauciarticular JCA and circulating antinuclear antibodies (ANAs). The frequency of CI found in 39 children with ANA-positive pauciarticular JCA was 56%. None of the patients developed ocular complications during follow-up. We think that this favourable outcome was primarily due to the early diagnosis and to our choice of using atropine as a mydriatic agent and to prolong atropine, after having spaced its administration further apart, up to one year or longer after the remission of ocular manifestations.
Subject(s)
Antibodies, Antinuclear/immunology , Arthritis, Juvenile/drug therapy , Eye Diseases/prevention & control , Iridocyclitis/complications , Administration, Topical , Adolescent , Age of Onset , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use , Arthritis, Juvenile/immunology , Atropine/therapeutic use , Child , Child, Preschool , Chronic Disease , Eye Diseases/etiology , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Glucocorticoids , Humans , Infant , Iridocyclitis/diagnosis , Iridocyclitis/drug therapy , Male , Ophthalmic Solutions , Piroxicam/therapeutic use , Recurrence
2.
Lancet
; 1(8378): 681, 1984 Mar 24.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6142370