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  • Top uveitis papers published in 2013

    American Uveitis Society
    By Justine R. Smith, MD, PhD
    Uveitis

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    Edited by: Justine R. Smith, MD, PhD
    American Uveitis Society AAO Education Liaison

    The following 9 uveitis papers published in 2013 were selected by members of the American Uveitis Society (AUS) for their outstanding teaching value for residents:

    Acharya NR, Tham VM, Esterberg E, Borkar DS, Parker JV, Vinoya AC, Uchida A.Incidence and prevalence of uveitis: results from the Pacific Ocular Inflammation Study. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2013; 131: 1405-12.

    Anwar Z, Galor A, Albini TA, Miller D, Perez V, Davis JL. The diagnostic utility of anterior chamber paracentesis with polymerase chain reaction in anterior uveitis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2013; 155: 781-6.

    Baxter SL, Pistilli M, Pujari SS, Liesegang TL, Suhler EB, Thorne JE, Foster CS, Jabs DA, Levy-Clarke GA, Nussenblatt RB, Rosenbaum JT, Kempen JH. Risk of choroidal neovascularization among the uveitides.Am J Ophthalmol. 2013; 156: 468-77.

    Friedman DS, Holbrook JT, Ansari H, Alexander J, Burke A, Reed SB, Katz J, Thorne JE, Lightman SL, Kempen JH; MUST Research Group. Risk of elevated intraocular pressure and glaucoma in patients with uveitis: results of the multicenter uveitis steroid treatment trial. Ophthalmology. 2013; 120: 1571-9. 

    Gregory AC 2nd, Kempen JH, Daniel E, Kaçmaz RO, Foster CS, Jabs DA, Levy-Clarke GA, Nussenblatt RB, Rosenbaum JT, Suhler EB, Thorne JE; Systemic Immunosuppressive Therapy for Eye Diseases Cohort Study Research Group. Risk factors for loss of visual acuity among patients with uveitis associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: the Systemic Immunosuppressive Therapy for Eye Diseases Study. Ophthalmology. 2013; 120: 186-92. 

    Jabs DA, Busingye J. Approach to the diagnosis of the uveitides. Am J Ophthalmol. 2013; 156: 228-36. 

    Kempen JH, Sugar EA, Jaffe GJ, Acharya NR, Dunn JP, Elner SG, Lightman SL, Thorne JE, Vitale AT, Altaweel MM; Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment (MUST) Trial Research Group. Fluorescein angiography versus optical coherence tomography for diagnosis of uveitic macular edema. Ophthalmology. 2013; 120: 1852-9.

    Kim SJ, Scott IU, Brown GC, Brown MM, Ho AC, Ip MS, Recchia FM. Interventions for toxoplasma retinochoroiditis: a report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Ophthalmology. 2013; 120: 371-8.

    Wieringa WG, Wieringa JE, ten Dam-van Loon NH, Los LI. Visual outcome, treatment results, and prognostic factors in patients with scleritis. Ophthalmology. 2013; 120: 379-86.

    An American Uveitis Society Publication

    Contributors:
    Nisha Acharya, MD, MS; Essen K. Akpek, MD; Bryn Burkholder, MD; Nicholas J. Butler, MD; Chi-Chao Chan, MD; Janet L. Davis, MD; Albert O. Edwards, MD, PhD; Lisa J. Faia, MD; Jose A. Flores-Guevara, MD; C. Stephen Foster, MD; Roger K. George, MD; Debra A. Goldstein, MD; Lynn Gordon, MD, PhD; David Gritz, MD, MPH; David Hinkle, MD, Gary N. Holland, MD; Douglas A. Jabs, MD, MBA; Guy V. Jirawuthiworavong, MD; Kashyap Kansupada, MD, FACS; Henry J Kaplan, MD; John Kempen, MD, MPH, MHS, PhD; Shree K. Kurup, MD; Paul A. Kurz, MD; Grace A. Levy-Clarke, MD; Helen Li, MD; William F Mieler, MD; Russell W. Read, MD, PhD; H. Nida Sen, MD, MHS; Mark D. Sherman, MD; Justine R. Smith, FRANZCO, PhD; Wendy M. Smith, MD; Eric B. Suhler, MD;  Howard H. Tessler, MD; Jennifer E. Thorne, MD, PhD; Russell Van Gelder, MD, PhD; Albert Vitale, MD; Tamara Vrabec, MD; Christopher R. Walton, MD.

    Acknowledgement: The American Uveitis Society thanks Ms. Deb Sullivan for her administrative assistance in preparing this publication.