The development of early complications after cataract extraction with IOL implantation in patients with an elevated level of antibodies to deoxyribonucleic acid
Likhvantseva, V.G.; Krichevskaia, G.I.; Andzhelov, V.O.; Egorova, E.V.
Vestnik Oftalmologii 109(5): 12-14
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-465X PMID: 8310590 Document Number: 412558
The immune system of the eye is closely connected with the immune system of homeostasis regulation of the body. The present research was aimed at the detection of the correlations between blood serum levels of autoantibodies to native and denatured DNA and the clinical course of the postoperative period after IOL implantation to cataract patients. Increased titers of both antibody types were found prognostically valuable. If only one parameter is increased (antibody titer to one DNA), the prognostic value of the test is reduced by 30%.