Urinary neopterin in idiopathic retinal vasculitis

HE Palmer; G Giovannoni; MR Stanford; Graham Wallace; EM Graham

doi:10.1136/bjo.85.1.30

Urinary neopterin in idiopathic retinal vasculitis

HE Palmer, G Giovannoni, MR Stanford, Graham Wallace, EM Graham

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AIMS: To determine whether urinary neopterin:creatinine (UNC) ratios relate to disease activity in idiopathic retinal vasculitis (RV). METHODS: 18 patients with RV were prospectively recruited into a year long longitudinal study. Patients collected first morning urine samples on a weekly basis and on the same day completed a diary which documented their subjective view of RV activity and any concurrent infection. They were examined in clinic on a 6-8 weekly basis and an objective assessment was made of RV disease activity. 14 healthy controls collected urine samples in the same way. RESULTS: UNC ratios were significantly higher in patients than in controls (p=0.004, Mann-Whitney U test). UNC ratios were significantly higher when, according to their diaries, the patients had a subjective flare up of RV (p=0.001, Mann-Whitney U test). Subjective increased RV activity occurred more often when the patients had a concurrent infection (p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	30-3
Number of pages	4
Journal	British Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume	85
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.85.1.30
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2001

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