Ophthalmology General
May 26, 2020
Four free-ranging peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) were submitted with a history of unilateral or bilateral blindness and central nervous signs to a veterinary clinic in Germany. There were no ind...
May 12, 2020
To assess the clinical safety and efficacy of adjunctive therapy using Vizoovet to ameliorate clinical signs of keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) in dogs.Twenty client-owned dogs.Canine patients diagno...
May 12, 2020
In this study, we quantify Pigment Epithelium-derived Factor (PEDF) secreted by corneal epithelial cells and its immunomodulatory functions in a murine model of dry eye disease (DED).We induced DED in...
May 12, 2020
To assess symptoms and signs of the dry anophthalmic socket syndrome (DASS) in a standardized manner.87 unilateral anophthalmic patients were evaluated using the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI), t...
May 12, 2020
To evaluate corneal parameters of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients by corneal topography.One hundred two RA patients and 60 control subjects were enrolled. Corneal topography measurements and ophtha...
May 12, 2020
Dry eye disease (DED) is a common ocular condition that can impair vision and may adversely impact quality of life. Due to the inflammatory nature of this disorder, topical corticosteroids are an effe...
May 12, 2020
As diabetic retinopathy (DR) can occur even in well-controlled patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), our study sought to determine whether it might be related to 'glucose memory 'by evaluating patients...
May 12, 2020
To evaluate the effect of averaging en-face optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images on quantitative measurements of the retinal microvasculature and their correlation to diabetic retino...
May 12, 2020
Vasoinhibin is generated in the pituitary gland and in multiple target tissues by proteolytic cleavage of prolactin by matrix metalloproteinases and cathepsin D. A dysregulation of vasoinhibin generat...
May 12, 2020
The purpose of this study was to compare perfusion parameters of the parafovea with scans outside the parafovea to find an area most susceptible to changes secondary to diabetic retinopathy (DR).Patie...
May 12, 2020
The purpose of this study was to evaluate early vascular and tomographic changes in the retina of diabetic patients using artificial intelligence (AI). The study included 74 age-matched normal eyes, 1...
May 12, 2020
FGF8-FGFR1 signalling is involved in multiple biological processes, while impairment of this signalling is one of the main reasons for isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH). Recently, several n...
May 12, 2020
Glaucoma, a characteristic type of optic nerve degeneration in the posterior pole of the eye, is a common cause of irreversible vision loss and the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. As an o...
May 12, 2020
Intraocular pressure (IOP), the primary risk factor for primary open-angle glaucoma, is determined by resistance to aqueous outflow through the trabecular meshwork (TM). IOP homeostasis relies on TM r...
May 12, 2020
To compare lamina cribrosa (LC) morphology in patients with normal tension glaucoma (NTG) and autosomal-dominant optic atrophy (ADOA).This cross-sectional study matched 24 patients diagnosed with ADOA...
May 12, 2020
In 2013, the senior author delivered the American Academy of Ophthalmology Robert N. Shaffer Lecture entitled "Glaucoma Changes-Reality Bites." This talk focused on describing the longitudinal structu...
May 08, 2020
Stargardt disease (STGD1) is an autosomal recessively inherited retinal disease (IRD) caused by variants in the ABCA4 gene, and it is characterized by degeneration of the central retina, leading to de...
Apr 28, 2020
To compare two statistical models, namely logistic regression and artificial neural network (ANN), in prediction of vestibular schwannoma (VS) recurrence.Seven hundred eighty-nine patients with VS dia...
Apr 28, 2020
Since microRNAs (miRNAs) represent as effective therapeutic targets for diabetic retinopathy (DR), we identified aberrantly expressed miRNAs related to cellular dysfunction in DR and further detected ...
Apr 28, 2020
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, autoimmune and multisystemic disease. Recent studies with functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging and cognitive tests report an unexpected...