Correlation of serum amyloid A levels, clinical manifestations, treatment, and disease activity in patients with acute anterior uveitis

Autor: Yuqin Wang, Zhuoran Li, Xiu-Feng Huang, Mali Dai, Dan Lin, Xuewen Yu, Shipei Fan
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Eye
ISSN: 1476-5454
Popis: Purpose To investigate the association between serum amyloid A (SAA) protein and the clinical features of acute anterior uveitis (AAU), and to evaluate the disease activity and treatment effect in relation to SAA levels. Methods AAU patients and healthy individuals were recruited from October 2016 to August 2017 at the Department of Uveitis, in the Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University. Related demographic, clinical characteristics, and therapeutic data were analyzed. Results One hundred and eight AAU patients and 18 healthy controls were included in this study. Serum SAA levels in AAU patients were significantly higher than those of healthy controls (p all
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