Journal Reviews

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Diagnostic and prognostic roles of serum interleukin-6 in patients with uveitis

1 December 2022 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | Behçet’s disease, interleukin-6, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, uveitis

This is a retrospective observational case series investigating the diagnostic and prognostic role of serum interleukin (IL)-6 in patients with uveitis involving 80 patients – 60 patients (75%) with normal IL-6 levels and 20 patients (25%) with high IL-6 levels....

Smoking and Behçet’s disease

1 October 2015 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | Behçet disease, cigarette, ocular behçet, smoking, uveitis

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between smoking and prognosis of ocular Behçet’s disease (BD). Records of 202 patients with ocular features of BD were reviewed from a Turkish hospital. Patients were divided into two groups according to their...

Ocular blood flow changes in Behcet disease

1 December 2014 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Behçet, Doppler, thrombosis, uveitis

This study evaluates ocular blood flow changes in both ocular Behcets disease (BD) and non-ocular BD (with or without thrombotic disease) and compares these findings with a healthy control group. A total of 90 eyes with BD were evaluated with...