The risk for ankylosing spondylitis among patients increased more than 7-fold following the first episode of anterior uveitis, and more than 17-fold after the second, according to findings published in Arthritis Care and Research.
“Identification of systemic associations in patients with uveitis is important not only to determine the etiology of ocular inflammation and improve visual prognosis but also to improve the outcome of the systemic conditions themselves through a targeted therapeutic approach,” Baek-Lok Oh, MD, of the Armed Forces Capital Hospital, in Seongnam, South
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