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Autoimmune Retinopathy

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Non-paraneoplastic autoimmune retinopathy (AIR) typically presents in middle-aged females with vision loss, visual field loss, electroretinography (ERG) changes, and positive anti-retinal antibody testing, often in the context of an unremarkable fundus examination. Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) may be helpful ancillary tests in AIR. Evaluation for underlying malignancy with the patient’s primary care provider is essential to rule out a paraneoplastic retinopathy.

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  1. Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bldg. 10 Rm. 10 N112, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Karen R. Armbrust, Maggie M. Wei & H. Nida Sen

  2. Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bldg. 10 Rm. 10 N226, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Brett G. Jeffrey

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  1. Advanced Eye Center, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

  2. Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Pitié-Salpêtrière University, Paris, France

    Phuc LeHoang

  4. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Carl P Herbort Jr.

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Armbrust, K.R., Wei, M.M., Jeffrey, B.G., Sen, H.N. (2016). Autoimmune Retinopathy. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Herbort Jr., C. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_104-1

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