Abstracts tagged "antimalarial drugs and drug toxicity"

Abstract Number: 2582 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Incidence of Antimalarials-Induced Retinopathy in Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases, Using OCT and Visual Field Test : A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Helene de Cagny¹, Jacques Morel ², Cécile Gaujoux-Viala ³, Bernard Combe ⁴ and Cédric Lukas ⁵, ¹University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ²CHU MONTPELLIER, MONTPELLIER, France, ³Nîmes University Hospital, Nîmes, France, ⁴CHU Montpellier, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, ⁵Rheumatology department, CHU Montpellier, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: Antimalarials (AM) are frequently used as first-line therapy in mild inflammatory diseases, because of a good benefit/risk ratio. Their most severe side effect is…