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Biswas J

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  Retinal Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  Author(s): Prabhat Vinay Nangia*, Viswanathan L, Kharel (Sitaula) R and Biswas JPrabhat Vinay Nangia*, Viswanathan L, Kharel (Sitaula) R and Biswas J
  
  Aim: To report fundus findings in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic associations and treatment outcome. Methods: This was a retrospective case series study of 18 eyes of nine patients SLE patients who presented to the clinic from October 2002 to June 2016 at a tertiary eye care centre in south India. Results: The mean age of presentation with ocular involvement in SLE patients was 25.56 years (16 to 36 years). The mean duration of patients’ follow up was 28.08 months. The average duration of systemic disease at presentation was 46.71 ± 50.57 months. The systemic features present in all of our SLE patients, the commonest being arthritis (44.44%) and cytopenias (44.44%) followed by nephritis (22.22%) and dermal rashes (22.22%). In regards to auto antibodies, antinuclear antibody (ANA) was posi.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2684-1630.17.2.129

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