Ocular Behçet's Disease: Changing Patterns Over Time, Complications and Long-Term Visual Prognosis.

Purpose: To investigate demographic, clinical features and complications of Italian patients with ocular Behçet's disease (BD) over time.

Methods: Retrospective study of 385 patients examined from 1968 to 2011, 265 of whom had follow-up ≥ 12 months.

Results: A significant increase in the proportion of females (p = 0.

Contact Lens Care among Teenage Students in Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Aim: To assess the attitude and practice of contact lens (CL) wearers among teenage school students and to evaluate how much the teenagers adhere to the CL care procedures according to the proper care of CL guidelines.

Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study of Italian teenagers from high schools in Rome who wear CL. We inquired about the different aspects of CL care through a questionnaire.

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis at an Italian tertiary referral center: clinical features and complications.

Purpose: To describe the frequencies and risk factors of ocular complications and poor visual outcomes in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

Methods: Retrospective cohort study, including 69 consecutive children (116 eyes) affected by JIA-associated uveitis managed at a tertiary uveitis clinic.

Results: The incidence of visual loss to the 20/50 or worse threshold was 0.

Intermediate uveitis: comparison between childhood-onset and adult-onset disease.

Purpose: To compare demographic and clinical data, systemic disease association, visual prognosis, and complications found in childhood and adult onset of intermediate uveitis (IU).

Methods: Retrospective cohort study of 287 patients with IU: 122 (42.5%) children at onset (<16 years), 165 (57.