Ocular complications and mortality in peripheral ulcerative keratitis and necrotising scleritis: The role of systemic immunosuppression.

Siddharth OgraJoanne L SimsCharles N J Mcghee Rachael Louise Niederer

Published in: Clinical & experimental ophthalmology (2020)

PUK and necrotising scleritis represent a severe inflammatory disease with high rates of perforation, visual loss and mortality. IMT was associated with a lower rate of mortality and longer estimated survival in this group.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular events
risk factors
oxidative stress
drug induced
optical coherence tomography