Summary of Utah Project on Exfoliation Syndrome (UPEXS): using a large database to identify systemic comorbidities. [PDF]
The purpose of the Utah Project on Exfoliation Syndrome (UPEXS) is to identify associations between exfoliation syndrome (XFS) and other diseases that share the commonality of abnormalities in elastin and Lysyl Oxidase-Like 1 gene regulation.
Pompoco CJ +10 more
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Analysis of genetically determined gene expression suggests role of inflammatory processes in exfoliation syndrome. [PDF]
Background Exfoliation syndrome (XFS) is an age-related systemic disorder characterized by excessive production and progressive accumulation of abnormal extracellular material, with pathognomonic ocular manifestations.
Hirbo JB +16 more
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Importance Exfoliation syndrome is a systemic disorder characterized by progressive accumulation of abnormal fibrillar protein aggregates manifesting clinically in the anterior chamber of the eye.
Genetics of Exfoliation Syndrome Partnership +118 more
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Association between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Exfoliation Syndrome: The Utah Project on Exfoliation Syndrome. [PDF]
Purpose: Exfoliation syndrome (XFS), the most common recognizable cause of open-angle glaucoma worldwide, is a systemic disorder with genetic predisposition due to variations in lysyl oxidase-like 1 (LOXL1) function, leading to altered elastin matrices ...
Shumway C +5 more
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Exfoliation Syndrome in a Large Vietnamese American Clinic Population: Clinical Characteristics Including Prevalence of Glaucoma and Narrow Angles [PDF]
Elizabeth Sun,1 Brittney G Tran,2 Sunee Chansangpetch,3– 5 Alan Quang Huy Tran,6 Minh-Khanh Vinh,7 Sunita Radhakrishnan,8,9 Ngoc Nguyen,9 Andrew Iwach,8,9 Shan Lin8,9 1Department of Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA ...
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True Exfoliation Syndrome in a Patient with Chronic Infrared Radiation Exposure
A 59-year-old male came with complaints of defective vision, had an incidental finding of lamellar delamination of his anterior lens capsule and diagnosed as true exfoliation syndrome.
Reshma Rachel +2 more
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Exfoliation syndrome in Nigeria.
The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of exfoliation syndrome (XFS) and its association with ocular disease in patients attending the eye clinic of the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, Nigeria.A total of 448 consecutive new patients, aged 30-90 years who presented to the eye clinic of UCH between December 2009 and ...
Olawoye OO +5 more
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Retrobulbar hemodynamics and aqueous humor levels of endothelin-1 in exfoliation syndrome and exfoliation glaucoma [PDF]
Stavroula C Koukoula,1,2 Andreas Katsanos,2,3 Ioannis K Tentes,4 Georgios Labiris,1,2 Vassilios P Kozobolis1,2 1Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece; 2Eye Institute of Thrace, Alexandroupolis ...
Koukoula SC +4 more
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Severe Abnormalities of Lens Epithelial Cells in Exfoliation Syndrome: A Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Patients with Age-Related Cataract [PDF]
Background and objectives: The aim of this study was to examine via electron microscopy the lens epithelial cells in age-related cataracts and compare the findings between patients with and without exfoliation syndrome, in the Greek population. Materials
Konstantina Ν. Sorkou +5 more
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Anterior "lenticonus" in exfoliation syndrome
Presence of exfoliation syndrome (XFS) is associated with an increased risk of complications during cataract surgery. This risk is, in part, dependent on the severity of XFS. We describe a central bulge ("lenticonus") in the anterior lens capsule of some
Parmar Pragya, Salman Amjad
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