Baltmr, A;
Lightman, S;
Tomkins-Netzer, O;
(2016)
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome - current perspectives.
[Review].
Clinical Ophthalmology
, 10
pp. 2345-2361.
10.2147/OPTH.S94866.
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Abstract
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome is a cause of noninfectious panuveitis, leading to significant vision loss in many patients. It is an autoimmune disease occurring in genetically susceptible individuals and clinically presents as bilateral panuveitis with serous retinal detachments and hyperemic, swollen optic discs, which are associated with neurological and auditory manifestations. Early diagnosis and prompt and adequate treatment with immunosuppressive agents (corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive drugs) may halt disease progression and prevent recurrences and vision loss. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the variable clinical aspects of this disease, highlighting diagnostic and treatment strategies.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome - current perspectives |
| Location: | New Zealand |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.2147/OPTH.S94866 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S94866 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 Baltmr et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License. By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms. |
| Keywords: | corticosteroid, multifocal choroiditis, panuveitis, serous retinal detachment, starry sky, sunset glow fundus |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Institute of Ophthalmology |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1533203 |
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