Uveitis as a prognostic factor in multiple sclerosis. (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shugaiv, Erkingul; Tüzün, Erdem; Kürtüncü, Murat; Kıyat-Atamer, Aslı; Çoban, Arzu; Akman-Demir, Gulsen; Tugal-Tutkun, Ilknur; Eraksoy, Mefkure
• Is Part Of: Multiple sclerosis. Volume 21:Number 1(2015)
• Page Start: 105
• Page End: 107
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Multiple sclerosis -- uveitis -- disability -- EDSS -- autoimmunity; Central nervous system -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Myelin sheath -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Inflammation -- Periodicals; Multiple sclerosis -- Periodicals; Central Nervous System Diseases -- Periodicals; Demyelinating Diseases -- Periodicals; Inflammation -- Periodicals; Multiple Sclerosis -- Periodicals; Système nerveux central -- Maladies -- Périodiques; Gaine de myéline -- Maladies -- Périodiques; Inflammation (Pathologie) -- Périodiques; Sclérose en plaques -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 616.834005
• DOI: 10.1177/1352458514539782
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1352-4585

Abstract

Uveitis is occasionally encountered in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The objective of this report is to investigate whether uveitis has a prognostic impact on the clinical course of MS. Several clinical and demographic features were compared between 41 MS patients with uveitis and 100 randomly selected MS patients without uveitis. While there were no significant differences by means of gender, age of MS onset, oligoclonal band positivity and disease duration, EDSS and progression index (PI) scores of MS patients with uveitis were significantly lower than those without uveitis ( p = 0.004 and <0.001, respectively). Our results suggest that uveitis might be used as a good prognostic factor.