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In less severe cases, uveitis can be controlled by traditional therapies. However, when it is sight-threatening, uveitis is difficult to treat, and many patients find it hard to cope with the side effects of long-term steroid therapy.

Although chlorambucil may become the preferred treatment for patients with severe, non-infectious uveitis, the authors don't recommend the drug for long-term use. What is gratifying, Goldstein said, is that most of the patients treated with chlorambucil went into remission after a short course of therapy.

About 2.3 million people in the United States suffer from ocular inflammatory disorders such as uveitis, according to statistics on blindness and blinding diseases compiled by the University of Washington. Uveitis is estimated to cause 10 percent to 15 percent of blindness in this country.

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Contact: Nan Hoffman
nanhoff@uic.edu
312-355-2954
University of Illinois at Chicago
5-Feb-2002

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