Recent advances in managing and understanding uveitis

F1000Res. 2017 Mar 16:6:280. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.10587.1. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

Uveitis is a sight-threatening disease entity with intraocular inflammation that arises from various causes. It mainly affects working-age individuals and may lead to irreversible visual loss if not treated properly in a timely manner. This article reviews recent advances in the management and understanding of uveitis since 2014, including treatment with new immunosuppressive therapies that use biological agents, local therapy with steroid implants, and imaging studies for the evaluation of uveitis.

Keywords: immunosuppressive therapy; ocular implants; optical coherence tomography (OCT); uveitis.

Publication types

  • Review

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The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work.