Research Article
New Potential Weapons for Refractory Scleritis in the Era of Targeted Therapy
Table 1
Demographic and clinical features of our cohort of 14 patients.
| Demographic, laboratory, and clinical data | | Age (years) | | Age at scleritis onset (years) | | Disease duration (years) | | HLA () | HLA-B51 (4) | HLA-B27 (1) | HLA-B35 (1) | Female/male () | 8/6 | Eye disease | eyes | Anterior diffuse scleritis | 11 (57.89%) | Anterior nodular scleritis | 4 (21.05%) | Anterior necrotizing scleritis | 1 (5.26%) | Posterior scleritis | 3 (15.80%) | Concomitant uveitis | 4 (4 AU) | Associated keratitis | 3 PUK | Associated systemic disease | | Rheumatoid arthritis | 7 | Granulomatosis with polyangiitis | 2 | Microscopic polyangiitis | 1 | Psoriatic arthritis | 1 | Familial Mediterranean fever | 1 |
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AU: anterior uveitis; HLA: human leukocyte antigen; PUK: peripheral ulcerative keratitis; SD: standard deviation.
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