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How do you approach a patient with idiopathic anterior uveitis who has ongoing disease despite adalimumab every two weeks?

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Rheumatology · Mobile Medical Care Inc

This is a style question, I think. I thought it would be useful to note the choice here might depend on testing for anti-adalimumab antibodies as there is some suggestion that changing to once weekly adalimumab in the presence of anti-adalimumab antibodies might not be efficacious. (Ismayilova et al...

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Ophthalmology · Center For Advanced Eye Care

I'd start by repeating the workup.

Rheum labs: CBC with Diff, ANA with cascade reflex, ANCA, ACE, Serum Lysozyme, Lyme, RPR, FT ABS, RF, quantiferon gold.

CXR. Consider PPD and HLA testing.

Re-evaluate the patient's systemic symptoms to see if they 'fit' a rheum syndrome even if antibodies negative....

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