Patients with SLE at higher risk for antimalarial-induced retinopathy

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus had a significantly increased risk for antimalarial-induced retinopathy, possibly due to prolonged exposure to those drugs, according to a data presented at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress.
“As we know, retinopathy is an irreversible complication of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine,” Hsin Yen Liu, MD, of Western University in London, Canada, said in his presentation. “Numerous studies have been done on the topic, but the report of prevalence and incidence are quite variable, and few studies have compared the risk between different

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