Intraocular inflammation in autoimmune diseases.

@article{Pras2004IntraocularII,
  title={Intraocular inflammation in autoimmune diseases.},
  author={Eran Pras and Ron Neumann and Gisele Zandman-Goddard and Yair M Levy and Ehud I. Assia and Yehuda Shoenfeld and Pnina Langevitz},
  journal={Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism},
  year={2004},
  volume={34 3},
  pages={
          602-9
        }
}

• Eran Pras, Ron Neumann, +4 authors Pnina Langevitz
• Published 2004 in Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

BACKGROUND The uveal tract represents the vascular organ of the eye. In addition to providing most of the blood supply to the intraocular structures, it acts as a conduit for immune cells, particularly lymphocytes, to enter the eye. Consequently, the uveal tract is represented in many intraocular inflammatory processes. Uveitis is probably a misnomer unless antigens within the uvea are the direct targets of the inflammatory process. A better term of the condition is "intraocular inflammation… CONTINUE READING

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