Abstract:Immunosuppression with antilymphocyte globulin (ALG) was administered to 13 patients suffering from ophthalmic diseases. These included 4 with sympathetic ophthalmia, 3 with chronic generalized uveitis, 1 with necrotizing scleritis, 3 with corneal transplantation and 2 with combined corneal and scleral transplants. There was significant improvement in the patients with sympathetic ophthalmia and uveitis when ALG treatment was started early enough, i.e., as long as inflammatory processes were demonstrable. The … Show more
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