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Accession number;03A0266056
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| Title;A case of recurrent uveitis with remission during pregnancies. |
| Author;
YAMADA KISABURO
(Oitaidai Ganka)
KIMOTO KEN'ICHI
(Oitaidai Ganka)
IKEWAKI JUNKO
(Oitaidai Ganka)
NAKATSUKA KAZUO
(Oitaidai Ganka)
YATSUKA HIDETO
(Yatsukaganka)
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Journal Title;Japanese Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology
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Journal Code:Z0515B
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ISSN:0370-5579
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VOL.57;NO.3;PAGE.311-315(2003)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.5, REF.19 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;A 26-year-old woman presented with blurring in her right eye since one week before. Her right eye showed iritis, vitreous opacity, retinal hemorrhage, exudates, retinal vasculitis and disc edema suggesting Behcet disease. Her left eye was normal. No systemic abnormalities were detected. She was given peroral prednisolone and colchicine, but her right eye developed recurrent exacerbations. She became pregnant 28 months after her initial visit which ended in abortion. She became pregnant again and gave birth to a healthy male baby. All medications were discontinued during the pregnancies. Her uveitis improved during pregnancies but exacerbated thereafter. This case illustrates that pregnancy may favorably affect the course of uveitis, possibly due to increased immunosuppressive factors and to suppression of cellular immunity. (author abst.) |
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