Preface

1. Experimental uveitis

The role of heat shock proteins in uveitis and Behcet's disease

M.R. Stanford

Rifabutin associated uveitis in a rabbit model

T.M. Johnson

J. Sahai

V. Hill

S. Brownstein

W.G. Hodge

Experimental uveitis: induced by lipoteichoic acid in rabbits

J. Chen

Y. Fujino

T. Takahashi

Systemic administration of type I interferon suppresses the onset of IRBP-induced experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis in rats

H. Keino

A.A. Okada

T. Fukai

J.-i. Sakai

M. Usui

K. Ishii

Dynamics of ocular circulation in experimental exotoxin-induced uveitis

R. Yamada

S. Ueno

S.-i. Yamada

Role of the B7 co-stimulatory signal (CD80, CD86) in experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU) in rats

T. Fukai

H. Yokoi

T. Kezuka

A.A. Okada

H. Keino

J. Sakai

M. Usui

J. Mizuguchi

H. Yagita

K. Okumura

Is ACAID useful in understanding clinical uveitis?

G.E. Marak

Identification of the core sequence of a permissive human S-antigen peptide for MHC molecules of different haplotypes

A. Fukushima

H. Yoshida

H. Ueno

Identification of an uveitogenic epitope of Interphotoreceptor Retinoid-Binding protein (IRBP) in mice

K. Namba

S. Kotake

Y. Sasamoto

N. Kitaichi

H. Matsuda

K. Ogasawara

K. Onoe

2. Mediators of inflammation, cellular basis

Chemokines in ocular inflammation

C. Cuello

A. Lloyd

D. Wakefield

Contribution of Fas/Fas-ligand interaction to the induction of anterior chamber-associated immune deviation (ACAID)

H. Kawashima

S. Yamagami

T. Tsuru

D.S. Gregerson

Effect of a leukotriene B(4) receptor antagonist on experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis in rats

S. Toriyama

S. Nakamura

M. Sugita

N. Ikai

S. Ohno

High endothelial venules (HEV) in experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU)

M. Zierhut

R. Stiemer

A. Duijvestijn

B. Wiggert

S.M. Whitcup

Retinal leukocyte dynamics in experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis

M. Hamada

Y. Ogura

K. Miyamoto

H. Nishiwaki

N. Hiroshiba

Y. Honda

Humoral immune response in heat shock protein (HSP)-induced rat uveitis

E. Uchio

M. Stanford

A. Hasan

S. Ohno

T. Lehner

Analysis of antigen presenting functions of ACAID-inducing cells in vitro

M. Takeuchi

P. Alard

M. Kosiewicz

J.W. Streilein

3. Immunogenetics of uveitis

Immunogenetic studies of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada's disease and sympathetic ophthalmia

Y. Shindo

H. Inoko

T. Naruse

H. Kawata

M. Ishihara

S. Ohno

Nucleotide sequence analysis of the HLA class I region spanning the 237 kb segment around the HLA-B and -C genes

N. Mizuki

S. Ohno

H. Ando

S. Miyata

M. Yamazaki

M. Ishihara

K. Goto

S. Nakamura

M. Kimura

H. Inoko

Allelic repertoire in the human MHC class I chain-related gene A (MICA) and B (MICB) and their primary association with Behcet's disease

N. Mizuki

H. Inoko

H. Ando

S. Miyata

M. Yamazaki

M. Ishihara

K. Goto

S. Nakamura

M. Kimura

S. Ohno

HLA-B27 subtypes in relation to health and disease

T.E.W. Feltkamp

J.H. Ringrose

4. Anterior uveitis, intermediate uveitis and posterior uveitis

Inflammatory rheumatism and anterior uveitis

M. Beko

A. Stanojevic-Paovic

J. Paovic

D. Kovacevic

Acute and chronic postoperative inflammatory reactions after cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation

K.M. Saari

H. Jyrkkio

H. Seppa

T. Loftsson

E. Stefansson

Matrix metalloproteinases and mast cell tryptase in scleritis

N. di Girolamo

P. McCluskey

A. Lloyd

D. Wakefield

Ocular manifestations of Whipple's disease: an atypical presentation

H.H. Tessler

D.A. Goldstein

D.P. Edward

Eales' disease -- Clinical and basic research at Sankara Nethralaya

J. Biswas

K.N. Sulochana

S. Ramakrishnan

H.N. Madhavan

Therapy for occlusive retinal vasculitis

E.M. Dodds

F. de Feo

ICG findings in white dot syndromes

E.M. Dodds

E. Toledo

C.M. Dodds

Etiology of focal chorioretinitis in childhood

J. Paovic

M. Beko

M. Knezevic

Clinical and therapeutical features of birdshot retinochoroidopathy

C. Couto

G. Rapetti

M. Martinez Cartier

M. Rudzinski

The clinical features of intraocular lymphoma

K. Noda

S. Suzuki

Y. Ando

J. Kamizono

S. Soushi

Lymphoid hyperplasia of the uvea: a masquerade syndrome

E.M. Dodds

L.A. Irarrazaval

Primary circular B-cell lymphoma of the iris masquerading as anterior uveitis

T. Barisani-Asenbauer

S. Kaminski

G. Steiner

A. Dietrich

I. Simonitsch

R. Menapace

5. Panuveitis: Behcet's disease

Immunological and immunogenetic findings in Adamantiades-Behcet disease. Progress or not?

G. Palimeris

Ph. Kaklamanis

A. Ghioka-Stavropoulou

Cyclosporine in the management of Palestinian patients with Behcet's disease

C.A. Kanawati

D.H. Verity

J. Holland-Gladwish

M. Stanford

Neurological complications in Behcet's disease under cyclosporin therapy

S. Kotake

K. Higashi

T. Okamoto

K. Yoshikawa

Y. Sasamoto

H. Matsuda

Differences in ocular and non-ocular forms of Behcet's disease

Y.K. Durlu

A. Baki Mudun

M.O. Arslan

Behcets disease in Jordan

W.Y. Madanat

H.Y. Zureikat

F.T. Fayyad

The role of tumour necrosis factor Alpha (TNF Alpha) in ocular Behcet's disease (BD)

D. Verity

M. Stanford

R. Vaughan

E. Kondeatis

J. Theron

P. Seed

C. Kanawati

J. Marr

W. Madanat

F. Faysal

H. Zureikat

G. Wallace

Visual morbidity in Palestinian and Jordanian patiens with ocular Behcets disease (BD)

D. Verity

W. Madanat

C. Kanawati

J. Marr

F. Faysal

H. Zureikat

P.T. Seed

I. Ayesh

M. Stanford

The resistance for apoptosis on activated T cells in Behcet's disease

S. Nakamura

S. Toriyama

N. Ikai

Y. Imai

M. Sugita

S. Ohno

6. Panuveitis: VKH, sympathetic ophthalmia and sarcoidosis

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada: Clinical experience in 79 patients

C. Couto

L. Vilarrodona

M. Rudzinski

Could the Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome be caused by Epstein-Barr virus?

T. Harada

H. Goto

J. Yamazaki

A. Yamaguchi

Y. Majima

Peripapillary atrophy in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome

S.P. Chee

Y.S.I. Yeo

Ultrasound biomicroscopic features of the ciliary bodies in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome

O. Lopez-Mato

C. Couto

M. Capurro

M. Martinez-Cartier

Incomplete Harada's disease

E.M. Dodds

E. Toledo

C.M. Dodds

A. Irarrazaval

Sympathetic ophthalmia, the dilemma at diagnosis

E. Kraus-Mackiw

H.K. Muller-Hermelink

B. Nolle

Long-term visual prognosis of sympathetic ophthalmia

M. Accorinti

M.P. Paroli

M.P. Pirraglia

D. Riso

P. Pivetti-Pezi

Neovascularisation of optic disc (NVD) in a case of sympathetic ophthalmia (SO)

J. Biswas

Posterior segment involvement in ocular sarcoidosis

A. Rothova

7. Uveitis related ocular infection and AIDS

Diagnosis of parasitic infections of the eye

J.P. Ganley

Diffuse ocular toxoplasmosis

E.M. Dodds

J. Maldacena

R.A. Dodds

Gray-white granular deposits on retinal vessels in HTLV-I associated uveitis and HTLV-I carrier

K. Nakao

N. Ohba

A. Okubo

A. Uemura

K. Hayami

Recurrent scleritis in a patient with toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis

J. Biswas

S. Roy

K. Ravishankar

Use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA from aqueous sample of suspected tuberculosis uveitis

J. Biswas

L. Therese

H.N. Madhavan

Two cases of acute retinal necrosis caused by herpes simplex virus type 2

T. Nishide

N. Matsumura

W. Inagawa-Saitoh

N. Itoh

S. Nakamura

M. Sugita

S. Ohno

Detection of isolated Cytomegalovirus infected cells in the retina by in situ DNA hybridization

J. Numaga

S. Ishimoto

N.A. Rao

8. Epidemiology of uveitis

Uveitis in Italy: ten years of experience in a referral centre

A.G. Secchi

M. Sofia Tognon

M. Salmaso

F. Cavarzeran

Epidemiology of uveitis in Bulgaria

P. Vassileva

Epidemiology of uveitis in Yugoslavia

A. Stanojevic-Paovic

Clinical classification on 348 patients with uveitis

H. Lu

A review of uveitis cases seen at the Singapore National Eye Centre

W.-K. Lim

N.-W. Chng

S.-P. Chee

Seasonal variation of uveitis in Finland

K.M. Saari

T. Paivonsalo-Hietanen

T. Reunala

J. Paavonen

Epidemiology of endogenous uveitis in South-Western Finland

K.M. Saari

T. Paivonsalo-Hietanen

J. Tuominen

9. New approach in the diagnosis

Ultrasound biomicroscopy applied to the diagnosis and treatment of uveitis

M. Roy

M. Mansour

A. Villanueva

J. Deschenes

Ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) in patients with uveitis, method for diagnosis, follow up and treatment

J.M. Cortalezzi

O. Lopez Mato

C. Couto

M. Capurro

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an important tool for surgical indications in intraocular inflammations

A. Hassenstein

A.A. Bialasiewicz

A. Walter

G. Richard

10. New approach in the medical and surgical treatment

ACAID: A treatment option for the immunological ocular disorders

J. Wayne Streilein

Recombinant human interferon-Alpha2a in the treatment of ocular Behcet's disease

N. Stubiger

I. Kotter

H.-J. Thiel

M. Zierhut

The treatment with Sinomonine can control the inflammation in some uveitis patients

Sun Xu Guang

Zhang Wen Hua

Effects of BPC 157 on the healing of corneal lesions

P. Konjevoda

M. Nasic

T. Curkovic

P. Sikiric

S. Seiwerth

N. Stambuk

On the optimization of complementary protein coding

N. Stambuk

Peptid-M (LUPEX(R)) effects on the immune response and clinical status in uveitis, optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis

N. Stambuk

V. Brinar

V. Stambuk

L Svoboda-Beusan

R. Mazuran

S. Rabatic

B. Marusic-Della Marina

N. Zurak

Z. Brzovic

T. Marotti

V. Sverko

M. Rudolf

M. Trbojevic-Cepe

R. Martinic

B. Malenica

N. Masic

A. Gagro

K. Karaman

Z. Sucic

L. Dujmov

B. Pokric

Effects of peptid-M (LUPEX(R)) on cellular cytogenetic findings and apoptosis in uveitis and retinopathy

N. Kopjar

K. Sentija

N. Stambuk

V. Garaj-Vrhovac

M. Hadzija

B. Marusic-Della Marina

N. Ugrinovic

Z. Svoboda

K. Karaman

V. Stambuk

Treatment of birdshot choroidopathy patients using computed perimetry as a guide

C. Couto

M. Martinez-Cartier

G. Rapetti

J. Luduena

Surgical options for metastatic uveitis/endophthalmitis

A.A. Bialasiewicz

K. Engelmann

G. Richard

Index of authors