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Uveitis in juvenile chronic arthritis
1Prince Charles Eye Unit, King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, Berkshire, U.K.
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
About 20% of patients with juvenile chronic arthritis develop uveitis which is frequently bilateral. Risk factors for uveitis are: female gender, pauciarticular onset of arthritis, presence of circulating antinuclear antibodies, and the antigens HLA-DW5 and HLA-DPw2. The visual prognosis in patients with uveitis is good in 25% and fair in 50%. The remaining 25% develop cataract and/or glaucoma. The management of glaucoma is unsatisfactory, but the results of cataract surgery by lensectomy are good.