Effect of recombinant human nerve growth factor eye drops in patients with dry eye: a phase IIa, open label, multiple-dose study [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Dry eye disease (DED) affects more than 14% of the elderly population causing decrease of quality of life, high costs and vision impairment.
Allegretti, M. +7 more
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Sex hormones in allergic conjunctivitis: altered levels of circulating androgens and estrogens in children and adolescents with vernal keratoconjunctivitis [PDF]
, 2015 PURPOSE: Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a chronic allergic disease mainly affecting boys in prepubertal age and usually recovering after puberty.
Bonini, S. +4 more
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases workshop report: "Chlamydia vaccines: The way forward". [PDF]
, 2019 Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct), an intracellular pathogen, is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection. In addition to acute cervicitis and urethritis, Ct can lead to serious sequelae of significant public health burden including pelvic ...
Brunham, Robert C +4 more
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Full thickness 3D in vitro conjunctiva model enables goblet cell differentiation
Scientific Reports, 2023 In vitro culture and generation of highly specialized goblet cells is still a major challenge in conjunctival 3D in vitro equivalents. A model comprising all physiological factors, including mucus-secreting goblet cells has the potential to act as a new ...
Julian Schwebler +3 more
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Impacto da poluição ambiental na superfície ocular de pacientes com síndrome de Sjögren [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: To evaluate the effect of air pollution on the ocular surface of patients with Sjögren's syndrome. Methods: We investigated the ocular surfaces of thirty patients with Sjögren's syndrome and thirty healthy volunteers (control group) living in ...
Berra, Alejandro +5 more
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Oftalʹmologiâ, 2020 Conjunctival lymphomas are predominantly extranodal B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHL), most of them are MALT-lymphomas originating from the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.
G. I. Krichevskaya +7 more
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Conjunctival microbiota variations in a subset of middle-aged and elderly individuals from Beijing, China [PDF]
International Journal of OphthalmologyAIM: To isolate and identify the conjunctival microbiota of cataract patients and analyze the associated influencing factors. METHODS: This study recruited 216 participants (216 eyes) from April 2022 to July 2022. Under the condition of no antibiotic use
Tian-Yao Zhao +6 more
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Effectiveness of the spot-on combination of moxidectin and imidacloprid (Advocate®) in the treatment of ocular thelaziosis by Thelazia callipaeda in naturally infected cats [PDF]
, 2019 Background: The present study evaluated the therapeutic effectiveness of moxidectin 1.0% (w/v) and imidacloprid 10% (w/v) (Advocate® spot-on solution for cats, Bayer Animal Health) against natural infections with the eyeworm Thelazia callipaeda in cats ...
Capelli, G. +8 more
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Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 2020 Severe conjunctival diseases can cause significant conjunctival scarring, which seriously limits eye movement and affects patients' vision. Conjunctival reconstruction remains challenging due to the lack of efficient methods for stem cells enrichment ...
Nianxuan Wu +7 more
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Eccentric lamellar keratolimbal grafts harvested with a manually guided microkeratome [PDF]
, 2007 Background: To perform lamellar keratolimbal allograft transplantation in a one- step procedure with a single graft, we investigated the feasibility of harvesting eccentric lamellar keratolimbal grafts from conventionally processed corneoscleral buttons ...
A. Kampik +33 more
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