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Original Source: Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis: report of a rare syndrome.
Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU) is a rare syndrome with unknown pathogenesis. Data have shown a higher prevalence in female gender. We present a man with tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome and antitubular antibody. A 23-year-old man presented with a history of weight loss, nausea, and vomiting, and uveitis. His serum creatinine was 2.1mg/d with pyuria and proteinuria in urinalysis. Other laboratory and imaging studies were unremarkable. Kidney biopsy showed granulomatous inter...
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Uveitis may be caused by infectious or non-infectious disorders. Although most cases of uveitis are considered to be immune-mediated disorders, certain forms of uveitis are caused by infectious agen...
There are many different types of Uveitis. This is because: * The Uvea is made up of different parts. So if the iris is affected, the condition and its treatment could be totally different to when...
Toxic shock syndrome is a rare but very serious illness that can develop rapidly in anyone From a UK population of around 60 million there were about 40 cases reported each year, half of which are a...
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FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status to Gevokizumab
The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to gevokizumab for the treatment of noninfectious intermediate uveitis, posterior uveitis, or panuveitis, or chronic noninfectious anterior uveitis. Orpha...
XOMA receives Orphan Drug Designation for eye disease treatment
US therapeutic antibodies company XOMA Corporation has announced that its IL-1 beta modulating antibody gevokizumab has been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the FDA for the treatment of non-infecti...
Lux completes recruitment for study of uveitis drug Luveniq
Lux BioSciences completed enrollment for a late-stage trial of uveitis drug candidate Luveniq, or oral voclosporin, which is -More-
Adalimumab more effective when given as first-line anti-TNF therapy for uveitis
A drug called adalimumab appears to be more effective when given as a first-line treatment for childhood chronic uveitis than when administered after other similar drugs have failed, researchers have...
Novira Receives $23 Million To Develop New Antivirals
Isotechnika keeps voclosporin focus on nephrology after failure in uveitis
Lux Biosciences finally has ended its pursuit of US FDA approval for oral voclosporin in the treatment of non-infectious uveitis after the calcineurin inhibitor failed to meet its primary endpoint in...
Acute Anterior Uveitis After Intravenous Zoledronate
About one in 100 patients could develop acute anterior uveitis (AAU) in the week after receiving intravenous zoledronate, researchers from New Zealand report. Reuters Health Information
EyeGate reports PIII uveitis data; seeks partner or buyer
EyeGate Pharma reported that EGP-437 (dexamethasone) administered via iontophoresis achieved the same response rate as the standard of care for patients with anterior uveitis in a Phase III clinical...
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Psoriasis and uveitis: a literature review.
Psoriasis is a systemic, chronic, immunologically mediated disease, with significant genetic and environmental influences. It affects from 1 to 3% of the world population. Recently, the relation betwe...
Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis: report of a rare syndrome.
Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU) is a rare syndrome with unknown pathogenesis. Data have shown a higher prevalence in female gender. We present a man with tubulointerstitial nephritis a...
The tubulo-interstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU) syndrome, first described in 1975, is a rare disease most probably of autoimmune origin that is characterized by unilateral or bilateral uveitis an...
Presumed tuberculous uveitis: diagnosis, management, and outcome.
PurposeTo assess the effectiveness of anti-tuberculous treatment in patients with chronic uveitis and either active systemic or latent tuberculosis (TB) in a non-endemic community.MethodsRetrospective...
PURPOSE: Corticosteroids (CS) are the only approved drug class for treatment of noninfectious uveitis by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Serious side effects are associated with chronic use of...
