Jun 01, 2020

Th17 cells have been implicated in the pathogenesis of numerous inflammatory and autoimmune conditions. At the ocular surface, Th17 cells have been identified as key effector cells in chronic ocul...

Jun 01, 2020

To evaluate the symptoms and signs of ocular surface disease (OSD) and tear-film matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) overexpression using point-of-care testing (InflammaDry test) in patients with prima...

Jun 01, 2020

To evaluate dry eye and quantitative and qualitative changes of meibomian glands with meibography in patients with pemphigus.Twenty left eyes of 20 patients with pemphigus (group 1) and 20 left eyes o...

Jun 01, 2020

This prospective clinical study was to compare the effect of panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) associated with intravitreal conbercept injections versus PRP alone in the treatment of proliferative dia...

Jun 01, 2020

To compare intravitreal ranibizumab as monotherapy or in combination with panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and coexistent diabetic macular ed...

Jun 01, 2020

Proliferative retinopathies are associated with formation of fibrous epiretinal membranes. At present, there is no pharmacological intervention for the treatment of retinopathies. Cytokines such as TG...

Jun 01, 2020

Recently, midfacial hypoplasia for syndromic craniosynostosi has been corrected by Le Fort III distraction osteogenesis. During conventional Le Fort III osteotomy, osteotomy is performed via bicoronal...

Jun 01, 2020

The exposure-driven olfactory compensation associated with sensory loss is likely to be observed in assessment of food-related dangers. Therefore, in the current study we tested the hypothesis that ol...

Jun 01, 2020

To investigate the different causes of vision loss and school-based treatment regimens at Quanzhou Blind School (QBS), China's largest blind school, in 2008 and 2016.In 2008, 144 students received com...

May 28, 2020

Introduction Cataract is the most common reversible cause of blindness worldwide and the associated vision impairment has been associated with an adverse impact on health-related quality of life and m...

May 28, 2020

To compare the efficacy of intense pulsed light (IPL) combined with Meibomian gland expression (MGX), and instant warm compresses combined with MGX, for treatment of dry eye disease (DED) due to meibo...

May 28, 2020

Special Olympics Germany is the German association of the largest global movement to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and ad...

May 28, 2020

To compare the efficacy of a modified perfluorocarbon liquid-assisted inverted internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap technique with the standard ILM peeling for the treatment of macular hole retinal d...

May 28, 2020

11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 (11βHSD1) has been implicated in insulin resistance (IR) in the setting of metabolic disorders, and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in its encoding gene (HS...

May 28, 2020

Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a genetic condition that typically presents with unilateral, painless, sub-acute central vision loss followed by contralateral vision loss after a few weeks...

May 28, 2020

To explore patients' perspectives and experiences living with glaucoma and identify important benefits and risks that patients consider before electing for new glaucoma treatments, such as minimally i...

May 28, 2020

Topical prostaglandin analogs (PGAs) are common treatment for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) but reportedly may cause adnexal fat atrophy. We asked if patients with POAG treated with PGAs have abn...

May 26, 2020

To evaluate systematically the efficacy of exergames for balance dysfunction in neurological conditions and to identify factors of exergaming protocols that may influence their effects.We searched ele...

May 26, 2020

The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for the development of severe dry eye syndrome (DES) in patients with ocular graft-versus-host disease (oGVHD).Retrospective Chart Review.Patients un...

May 26, 2020

To assess publications examining the occurrence, composition, and clinical significance of a microbiome at the ocular surface.MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Google Scholar were searched. Reference lists of incl...