Table 1: Demographic and ocular clinical features and treatment properties at the time of blood sampling of patients with Behçet uveitis.

Patient No. Age/ gender Age at ocular involvement Feature of uveitis AZA and maintenance systemic corticosteroid dose / duration Maintenance dose of IFN a-2a and systemic corticosteroid dose / duration
1. 21/M 19 Panuveitis OU, vitritis OU, retinal vasculitis OU, retinitis OU, macular edema OU 3mg/kg/day AZA, 8mg/kg/day ster, 3 mo. 4.5 million IU 3x/week, no ster, 6 mo.
2. 29/M 23 Panuveitis OU, vitritis OU, retinal vasculitis OU, retinitis OU, macular edema (OS) 2mg/kg/day AZA, 8mg/kg/day ster, 3 mo. 4.5 million IU 3x/week, 8 mg/kg/day ster, 5 mo.
3. 54/F 29 Panuveitis OU, vitritis OU, retinal vasculitis OU 2mg/kg/day AZA, no ster, 3 mo. 3 million IU 3x/week, no ster, 6 mo.
4. 29/M 21 Panuveitis OU, vitritis OU, retinal vasculitis OU, retinitis OU 2mg/kg/day AZA, 8mg/kg/day ster, 7 mo. 4.5 million IU 3x/week, 8 mg/kg/day ster, 4 mo.
5. 34/F 32 Panuveitis OU, vitritis OU, retinal vasculitis OU, macular edema OU 2mg/kg/day AZA, no ster, 4 mo. 4.5 million IU 3x/week, no ster, 6 mo.


F: Female, M: Male, AZA: Azathioprine, IFN a-2a: Interferon alfa-2a, OU: Bilateral, OD: Right Eye, OS: Left Eye, IU: International Units, ster: Systemic corticosteroid, methyl-prednisolone