Success and complication rates of trabeculectomies augmented with MMC in the management of glaucoma [PDF]
Glaucoma unresponsive to medical treatment is managed by surgery. Augmentation with mitomycin C (MMC) is considered in patients at high risk of surgery failure.
Mercieca, Franco, Sciriha, Gabriella M.
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Erythrocyte as a link between basic and clinical research [PDF]
© 2011 – IOS Press and the authorsWe review the major hemorheological experimental studies that show the erythrocyte aggregation as a link between basic and clinical research. The results of the clinical cross-sectional and longitudinal studies presented
Almeida, J. P. Lopes de, Saldanha, C.
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Optical coherence tomographic findings in optic nerve hypoplasia
We investigated a case of unilateral optic nerve hypoplasia using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT). Optical coherence tomography was done on both eyes using 5-line Raster scan for the fovea to analyze the retinal nerve fiber layer ...
Daruchi Moon, Tae Kwann Park
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La leflunomida, una alternativa válida para el tratamiento de la uveítis crónica anterior asociada a la Artritis Idiopática Juvenil [PDF]
Donada la manca de consens davant el tractament de la uveítis crònica anterior (UCA) associada a la artritis idiopàtica juvenil (AIJ), aquest treball té com a objectiu valorar la possible eficàcia de la leflunomida (LFN) en aquesta malaltia.
Molina Almela, Clara +2 more
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Bilateral acute angle closure glaucoma as a presentation of isolated microspherophakia in an adult: case report [PDF]
Background Bilateral simultaneous angle closure glaucoma is a rare entity. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of bilateral acute angle-closure glaucoma secondary to isolated microspherophakia in an adult.
Sushmita Kaushik +25 more
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A new Gujarati language logMAR visual acuity chart: Development and validation
Aims: Gujarati is the main spoken language of a large proportion of the population of India. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a new Minimum Angle of Resolution (logMAR) visual acuity chart in the Gujarati language. Materials and Methods:
Ananth Sailoganathan +2 more
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Safety and efficacy of travoprost solution for the treatment of elevated intraocular pressure [PDF]
Travoprost is a prostaglandin analogue widely used for reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients affected with glaucoma and ocular hypertension. It exerts its ocular hypotensive effect through the prostaglandin FP receptors, located in the ciliary ...
Centofanti, Marco +5 more
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Clinically approved treatments for refractory glaucoma [PDF]
The article presents the historical development of surgical techniques for refractory glaucoma. This issue is one of the most disputable and difficult ones in modern ophthalmology. Currently, glaucoma is medically and socially important disorder.
Т.А. Zhigalskaya, O.I. Krivosheina
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Aims : The aim of this study was to compare the visual field test results in healthy children obtained via the Humphrey matrix 24-2 threshold program and standard automated perimetry (SAP) using the Swedish interactive threshold algorithm (SITA)-Standard
Sibel Kocabeyoglu +5 more
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CRISPR-Cas9–based treatment of myocilin-associated glaucoma [PDF]
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a leading cause of irreversible vision loss worldwide, with elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) a major risk factor. Myocilin (MYOC) dominant gain-of-function mutations have been reported in ∼4% of POAG cases.
Bugge, Kevin +11 more
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