Autoimmune Retinopathy.

Stephen H Tsang, Tarun Sharma

Journal: Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2019;1085():223-226

PMID: 30578520

Abstract

The autoimmune retinopathies (AIRs) are a group of inflammatory-mediated retinopathies that present with unexplained visual loss (both central and peripheral), visual field defects, usually a ring scotoma, photoreceptor dysfunction as evident on electroretinography (ERG), and circulating autoantibodies against retinal antigens. The fundus may be normal or may show vascular attenuation, retinal atrophy with or without pigmentary changes or waxy pallor of the optic disc, and no or minimal inflammatory cells.

Address: Jonas Children's Vision Care, Bernard & Shirlee Brown Glaucoma Laboratory, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative-Departments of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering, Pathology & Cell Biology, Institute of Human Nutrition, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.; Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.; Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA. [email protected].

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95046-4_47

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MeSH Terms: Autoantibodies, Autoimmune Diseases, Electroretinography, Fundus Oculi, Humans, Retinal Diseases, Scotoma, Tomography, Optical Coherence, Visual Fields