Ophthalmology General
Apr 14, 2020
The purpose of this study was to assess vision-related quality of life and associated factors among adult patients with visual impairment at the University of Gondar Tertiary Eye Care and Training Cen...
Apr 14, 2020
We report two brothers with severe global cognitive and motor delay, cortical visual impairment and sick sinus syndrome who were born to consanguineous parents. Standard genetic evaluations did not re...
Apr 14, 2020
Cataract is a global disease that may cause blindness. Due to the slow pace of disease progression, patients often presume incorrectly that their blurred vision is caused by excessive fatigue or lack ...
Apr 14, 2020
Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Whereas latanoprost is one of the most effective drugs in glaucoma treatment, its eye drops need frequent application leading to lack ...
Apr 14, 2020
Dry eye disease (DED) is one of the most common ophthalmic disorders. Pathogenesis of the disease includes inflammation of the ocular surface and lacrimal gland. Two anti-inflammatory prescription tre...
Apr 14, 2020
Homeostasis and visual acuity of the surface of the eye are dependent on tears, a thin film comprising at least 1800 different extracellular proteins and numerous species of lipids through which 80% o...
Apr 14, 2020
To evaluate functional vision, general health status, and work productivity in individuals with and without dry eye disease (DED).Cross-sectional study.SettingGeneral US population (2018).Adults ≥18...
Apr 14, 2020
To examine the effect of 3% diquafosol ophthalmic solution (DQS) on ocular surface disorders in diabetic model rats maintained in a continuous airflow condition.Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats, a spontaneous ...
Apr 14, 2020
To evaluate clinical changes after intense pulsed light and meibomian gland expression (IPL/MGX) treatment in meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) patients, and to identify ideal candidates, and the ther...
Apr 14, 2020
Congenital generalized lipodystrophy (CGL) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the near-total loss of subcutaneous adipose tissue soon after birth, resulting in ectopic fat deposit...
Apr 14, 2020
Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is considered an effective therapeutic method for improving ocular circulation. The choroid is a predominantly vascular tissue; thus, systemic and local vascular alteratio...
Apr 14, 2020
: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a severe complication of diabetes and a common cause of visual loss in adults. We aimed to assess the correlation between IL gene-related SNPs and the incidence of DR an...
Apr 14, 2020
The vascular supply to the retina has been shown to dynamically adapt through vasoconstriction and vasodilation to accommodate the metabolic demands of the retina. This process, referred to as retinal...
Apr 14, 2020
To assess the effects of early management of hyperglycaemia with antidiabetic drugs plus lifestyle intervention compared with lifestyle alone, on microvascular function in adults with pre-diabetes.Tri...
Apr 14, 2020
: Usher syndrome is the most common hereditary syndrome combining deafness and blindness. In the 2017 National Child Count of Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind, Usher syndrome represented 329 of 1...
Apr 14, 2020
: A large genome-wide association study showed that five new variants, { (rs3816415), (rs1258267), (rs736893), (rs7494379), and (rs3739821)}, were associated primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG)....
Apr 14, 2020
Aiming at measuring levels of High-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) and inflammation-related cytokines in the aqueous humor of patients with acute primary angle-closure glaucoma (APAG) and age-related cat...
Apr 14, 2020
Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative eye disease that results in retinal ganglion cell loss and ultimately loss of vision. Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is the most common known risk factor for retin...
Apr 14, 2020
To investigate and compare the longitudinal rate of change of Bruch's membrane opening-minimum rim width(BMO-MRW) and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer(RNFL) thickness in eyes showing optic-disc...
Apr 14, 2020
Endogenous endophthalmitis is an infection of the eye secondary to sepsis, occurring in 0.04-0.5% of bacteremia or fungemia. Risk factors include intravenous drug abuse (IVDA), diabetes, indwelling ca...