Ophthalmology General
May 24, 2021
To evaluate the 5-item dry eye questionnaire (DEQ-5) for measurement precision and unidimensionality, and assess the ability of Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI), McMonnies Dry Eye Questionnaire (MQ...
May 24, 2021
The tear film, which includes mucins that adhere to foreign particles, rapidly clears allergens and pathogens from the ocular surface, protecting the underlying tissues. However, the tear film's abili...
May 24, 2021
Since the beginning of 2020, SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen of COVID-19, has led to a global pandemic that also affects ophthalmology. Ophthalmologists can be confronted at any time with potentially COVID-1...
May 24, 2021
To investigate the reasons for delays in seeking medical care in patients with diabetic retinopathy and associated risk factors.We retrospectively reviewed data for patients with sight-threatening dia...
May 24, 2021
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness in adults of developed countries. Both microvasculopathy and neurodegeneration are implicated in mechanisms of DR development, with neuronal...
May 24, 2021
The glutamate excitotoxicity has been suggested as a factor involved in the loss of retinal neuronal cells, including retinal ganglion cell (RGC), in various retinal degenerative diseases including is...
May 24, 2021
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive degenerative eye disease that is the most common cause of blindness among elderly humans. AMD is characterized by early atrophy of the choriocap...
May 24, 2021
Solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers showed promising results for enhancement of ocular bioavailability of drugs with poor corneal permeability. One of these drugs is methazolam...
May 24, 2021
Identification of geographic population-based differences in genotype and phenotype heterogeneity are important for targeted and patient-specific diagnosis and treatment, counseling, and screening str...
May 20, 2021
Uveitis is an ocular inflammation that can affect individuals of all ages and is a major cause of blindness. We have tested the therapeutic efficacy of a cell penetrating peptide from the kinase inhib...
May 20, 2021
To evaluate the effect of scleral crosslinking (SXL) on slowing experimental progressive myopia in tree shrew eyes using sub-Tenon's injections of genipin (GEN) at different concentrations and number ...
May 20, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of posterior staphyloma (PS) types in pathological myopia (PM) with age, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), spherical equivalent (SE), a...
May 20, 2021
To compare the patterns of longitudinal refractive error development during the first 3.5 years in children with severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) treated with intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) or ...
May 20, 2021
Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is a major cause of evaporative dry eye. The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of a mineral oil-containing ophthalmic solution (MO) in mitigating the ev...
May 20, 2021
This study aimed to demonstrate the efficacy of a "Smart Eye Camera (SEC)" in comparison with the efficacy of the conventional slit-lamp microscope by evaluating their diagnostic functionality for dry...
May 20, 2021
To establish an environment-induced dry eye model in rabbits using a controlled drying system (CDS).Rabbits were randomly divided into two groups. The rabbits in the dry group were housed in the CDS, ...
May 20, 2021
To investigate whether men have higher inflammatory protein biomarker concentrations in their aqueous humor (AH) compared with women in groups of patients with varying levels of diabetic disease.This ...
May 20, 2021
To validate a clinical decision support system (CDSS) that estimates risk of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and to personalize screening protocols in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients.We utilized a ...
May 20, 2021
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of blindness in developed countries, in which microglial activation is involved. However, the mechanism of microglial activation in DR remains largely unkn...
May 20, 2021
The Logarithm of the Minimum Angle of Resolution (logMAR) chart is the most common clinical test for assessing central visual function in glaucoma. However, based on the use of these charts, visual ac...