Mar 29, 2021

To evaluate the morphological characteristics in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME), either with co-existent non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) or with PDR.Retrospective study inclu...

Mar 29, 2021

To evaluate whether anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy combined with panretinal photocoagulation could reverse diabetic retinopathy (DR).Fifty-two patients (72 eyes) with high-risk...

Mar 29, 2021

The stem cell-based retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) replacement therapy offers a potential to restore vision in progressive optic neuropathies including glaucoma by replacing degenerated RGCs and by sim...

Mar 29, 2021

The macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (mGCIPL) may serve as a quick and easily obtained measure of generalized neurodegeneration. Investigating factors associated with this thickness could h...

Mar 29, 2021

Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are a diverse group of rare eye disorders, resulting in vision loss or blindness. The underlying reason is mutation in one or more than 250 different genes associated...

Mar 25, 2021

To evaluate corneal and crystalline lens densitometry in patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC).This is a case-control study. Patients with VKC and age-gender-matched healthy controls underwe...

Mar 25, 2021

Precise regulation of ocular size is a critical determinant of normal visual acuity. Although it is generally accepted that ocular growth relies on a cascade of signaling events transmitted from the r...

Mar 25, 2021

To assess the safety and effectiveness of transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (T-PRK) in patients with mild myopia using the Schwind Amaris 750 s Excimer laser system which take corneal epith...

Mar 25, 2021

Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a multisystem disease with variable presentations, making diagnosis difficult. Non-invasive biomarkers would aid in disease diagnosis. We hypothesized that the eye could serv...

Mar 25, 2021

Dry eye disease is a tear film disorder which can cause discomfort to patients and negatively affect vision acuity. A number of risk factors has been reported to affect the incidence and severity of d...

Mar 25, 2021

The tear film is a layer of body fluid that maintains the homeostasis of the ocular surface. The superior accessibility of tears and the presence of a high concentration of functional proteins make te...

Mar 25, 2021

Epiretinal membrane is an abnormal sheet of avascular fibrocellular tissue that develops on the inner surface of the retina. Epiretinal membrane can cause impairment of sight as a consequence of progr...

Mar 25, 2021

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus. There is much evidence showing that a high level of mitochondrial overproduction of reactive oxygen species in the diabe...

Mar 25, 2021

Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is a disease leading to the formation of contractile preretinal membranes (PRMs) and is one of the leading causes of blindness. Connective tissue growth factor (...

Mar 25, 2021

Low vision care and rehabilitation is often limited by access to assistive devices especially in low resourced countries due to their high cost and unavailability. Smartphones have the potential to se...

Mar 25, 2021

Retinal diseases are a leading cause of impaired vision and blindness but some lack effective treatments. New therapies are required urgently to better manage retinal diseases. Natural pentacyclic tri...

Mar 25, 2021

To compare plasma fatty acids (FAs) between participants with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and participants without neuropathy in an elderly population and to investigate specific FAs pattern in...

Mar 22, 2021

Sporadic optic pathway/hypothalamic gliomas represent a unique entity within pediatric low-grade glioma. Despite favorable survival, location makes treatment difficult and local progression debilitati...

Mar 22, 2021

Ocular neovascularization is a devastating pathology observed in numerous ocular diseases and is a major cause of blindness. However, all current treatments have their limitations. Hence, it is import...

Mar 22, 2021

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the developed world. The identification of the central role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the...