Ivan Foeldvari, Marcela Bohn, Harry Petrushkin, S Angeles Han, Regitze Bangsgaard, Joan Calzada-Hernández, Tamas Constantin, Joke H de Boer, Jesus Díaz-Cascajosa, Clive Edelsten, Mia Glerup, Helene Ingels, Sebastian Kramer, Elisabetta Miserocchi, Ellen Nordal, Rotraud K Saurenmann, Gabriele Simonini, Ameenat Lola Solebo, Jan Titz, Jordi Anton
BACKGROUND: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated uveitis typically presents as a silent chronic anterior uveitis and can lead to blindness. Adherence to current screening guidelines is hampered by complex protocols which rely on the knowledge of specific JIA characteristics. The Multinational Interdisciplinary Working Group for Uveitis in Childhood identified the need to simplify screening to enable local eye care professionals (ECPs), who carry the main burden, to screen children with JIA appropriately and with confidence...
April 4, 2024: British Journal of Ophthalmology