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Uveitis linked with reduced vision-related quality of life in adulthood for patients with JIA
A history of uveitis had a negative effect on vision-related quality of life in adulthood for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, according to recently published data. Anne-Mieke J.W. Haasnoot , MD, in the Department of Ophthalmology at Utrecht University Medical Center in the Netherlands, and colleagues assessed 31 adults with a history of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and chronic anterior uveitis as well as 51 adult patients with JIA, but not uveitis. Researchers examined patient quality of life (QoL) with the following three questionnaires: National Eye Institute visual functioning questionnaire (Read more...)