Nerve Disease Of Eye Halted With Rituxan

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

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Treatment of neuromyelitis optica with a personalized regimen of rituximab (Rituxan) was effective in long-term disease suppression, a retrospective Korean study found.

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The following is true of the photograph below:
1. This particular stain stains only devitalized and dead cells and mucus.
2. This eye has been stained with 2% rose Bengal.
3. This stain pools in epithelial erosions and stains exposed basement membrane.
4. This stain may be a more sensitive indicator of early or mild cases of keratoconjuncitivitis sicca.
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