Eccentric lamellar keratolimbal grafts harvested with a manually guided microkeratome [PDF]
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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Pro-Secretory Activity and Pharmacology in Rabbits of an Aminophenyl-1,3,5-Triazine CFTR Activator for Dry Eye Disorders. [PDF]
PurposePharmacological activation of ocular surface cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channels is a potential pro-secretory approach to treat dry eye disorders.
Felix, Christian M+3 more
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Testing the Sensitivity of Conjunctival Swabs from Confirmed COVID-19 Patients
Manal Hadrawi,1 Mohammad Malak,1 Faeeqah Almahmoudi,1 Ahmed Mogharbel,2 Omar Rozy,1 Somaya Hanafi,1 Batool Ali,3 Sanaa Nabeel,3 Fatimah Faqieha,4 khaled Alzahrani1 1Department of Ophthalmology, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ...
Hadrawi M+9 more
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Introduction. Several ophthalmological conditions are causes of consultations to the emergency services. The objective of this study was to determine the most common causes of consultation to the ophthalmological emergency service of a tertiary ...
Galvis, Virgilio+6 more
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Surfactant protein D contributes to ocular defense against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a murine model of dry eye disease. [PDF]
Dry eye disease can cause ocular surface inflammation that disrupts the corneal epithelial barrier. While dry eye patients are known to have an increased risk of corneal infection, it is not known whether there is a direct causal relationship between ...
Evans, David+4 more
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Epidemiology and treatment options for ophthalmic complications of mucosinequiant diseases
Introduction: mucosinequiant diseases are those that affect skin and mucosa with blister-vesicular wounds, they are usually bilateral and are characterized by distorting the conjunctival anatomy, eyelids, lachrymal way and that universally lead to a dry ...
Yey Fano Machín
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Therapeutic Effect of Human Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Experimental Corneal Failure Due to Limbal Stem Cell Niche Damage [PDF]
Producción CientíficaLimbal stem cells are responsible for the continuous renewal of the corneal epithelium. The destruction or dysfunction of these stem cells or their niche induces limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) leading to visual loss, chronic pain,
Calonge Cano, Margarita+7 more
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Executive summary: Japanese guidelines for allergic conjunctival diseases 2021
Allergic conjunctival disease (ACD) is an inflammatory disease of the conjunctiva that is mainly caused by type I hypersensitivity response to allergens and accompanied by subjective symptoms and other findings induced by antigens.
Dai Miyazaki+13 more
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Limbal stem cell transplantation: clinical results, limits, and perspectives [PDF]
Limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) is a clinical condition characterized by damage of cornea limbal stem cells, which results in an impairment of corneal epithelium turnover and in an invasion of the cornea by the conjunctival epithelium.
Bruscolini, Alice+3 more
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Vascular Adhesion Protein 1 in the Eye
Semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase/vascular adhesion protein-1 (SSAO/VAP-1), a dual-function molecule with adhesive and enzymatic properties, is expressed on the surface of vascular endothelial cells of mammals.
Wenting Luo+3 more
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