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Automatic diagnosis of pathological myopia from heterogeneous biomedical data. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Pathological myopia is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. The condition is particularly prevalent in Asia. Unlike myopia, pathological myopia is accompanied by degenerative changes in the retina, which if left untreated can lead to ...
Zhuo Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Mutable Original: How Chinese Counterfeits Become Nigerian Originals in African Markets

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Affordable Chinese copies of Western brands are ubiquitous in African markets. Despite democratizing consumer access, these goods appear to cement hegemonic value hierarchies that rank Chinese or local products as inferior to Western goods.
Jing Jing Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Why acute decreased vision in patients with high myopia is an emergency?

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2014
We report a case of 43 years old women who present myopic CNV (A) causing an acute vision loss. That has not been treated at time causing a chorioretinal atrophy as the angiography (B) and her Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) (C) shows.
Hajji Chaimae, Rajae Daoudi
doaj   +1 more source

Low-dose AtropIne for Myopia Control in Children (AIM): protocol for a randomised, controlled, double-blind, multicentre, clinical trial with two parallel arms

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2023
Introduction Myopia is a major cause of degenerative eye disease and increases the risk of secondary visual impairment. Mitigating its progression therefore has great potential of clinically relevant benefit as shown by using highly diluted atropine eye ...
Armin Wolf   +26 more
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Risk factors for the development of subretinal fluid in the fellow eyes of patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To assess the risk of subretinal fluid (SRF) development in the fellow eye of chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (cCSC) patients with unilateral SRF at baseline. Methods Medical records of 334 presumed cCSC patients were retrospectively reviewed.
Helena M. A. Feenstra   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Screening for macular disorders: the optometrist's perspective

open access: yesClinical Optometry, 2015
Ann E Elsner, Brett J King School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA Abstract: Macular screening services can take many forms, offering a variety of roles for optometrists.
Elsner AE, King BJ
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The Choroid and Optical Coherence Tomography

open access: yesTürk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2016
The choroid is the most vascular tissue in the eye and it plays an important role in the pathophysiology of various common chorioretinal diseases such as central serous retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration and degenerative myopia.
Taha Sezer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The oscillatory response of the electroretinogram and neuronal adaptation

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract After more than 50 years, there still remains a challenge and an interest to know more as well as extend and deepen our understanding of the small rapid wavelets, the oscillatory potentials (OPs), of the electroretinogram (ERG) and the neuronal adaptation of the retina.
Lillemor Wachtmeister, Anders Eklund
wiley   +1 more source

Revised Swedish visual field standards for a driver's licence: Threshold perimetry as a predictor of eligibility according to the current Swedish and current Norwegian suprathreshold standards

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To explore whether threshold perimetry can predict fulfilment of the current Swedish and current Norwegian Esterman perimetry standards for Group 1 driver's licence, and differences in compliance between the former and current Swedish visual field standards.
Wid Saadi, Tomas Bro, Susanna Sagerfors
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Myopia on Vessel Density in Glaucomatous Patients by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography

open access: yesClinical Ophthalmology, 2023
Saeed AM, Mohamed Anany, Mohamed A Awwad, Eman Sanad, Soha MM Eltohamy Department of Ophthalmology, Benha University Hospital, Benha, Qualubia, EgyptCorrespondence: Mohamed A Awwad, Department of Ophthalmology, Benha University Hospital, Benha, Qualubia,
AM S   +4 more
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