The findings suggested that choroidal thickness measurement may serve as an indicator of disease activity and prognosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients, as well as a potential tool to predict the occurrence of ocular manifestations. Thinning of the choroid may be associated with factors such as decreased blood flow leading to atrophy or chronic inflammation, while thickening of the choroid may indicate active stage of the disease and the possibility of severe ocular manifestations in the future.
Keyphrases
- optical coherence tomography
- disease activity
- blood flow
- optic nerve
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- end stage renal disease
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- ankylosing spondylitis
- risk assessment
- prognostic factors
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- age related macular degeneration
- early onset
- drug induced
- climate change