Analysis of the effect of repair materials for orbital blowout fracture on complications [PDF]
AIM: To investigate the effect of repair materials for orbital blowout fractures on the occurrence of postoperative complications. METHODS: The clinical data and follow-up data of 54 subjects with orbital blowout fractures were retrospectively analyzed.
Qi-Hua Xu +4 more
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The natural history of trachoma infection and disease in a Gambian cohort with frequent follow-up. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The natural history of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infections in endemic communities has not been well characterised and is an important determinant of the effectiveness of different mass treatment strategies to prevent blindness due to ...
Nicholas C Grassly +14 more
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Altered spontaneous brain activity pattern in patients with ophthalmectomy: an resting-state fMRI study [PDF]
"AIM: To use the voxel-wise degree centrality (DC) method to explore the underlying functional network brain-activity in patients with ophthalmectomy. METHODS: A total of 32 ophthalmic surgery patients (10 women and 22 men), and 32 healthy subjects (10 ...
Bing Zhang +9 more
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Observing Huntington's disease: the European Huntington's Disease Network's REGISTRY. [PDF]
The unparalleled collection of clinical data and biomaterials within the EHDN's REGISTRY can expedite the search for disease modifiers (genetic and environmental) of age at onset and disease progression that could be harnessed for the development of ...
Handley, Olivia J +59 more
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Altered Regional Homogeneity in Patients With Corneal Ulcer: A Resting-State Functional MRI Study
ObjectiveTo investigate the potential regional homogeneity (ReHo) brain activity changes in patients with corneal ulcer (CU) and their possible relationship with clinical symptoms.Materials and MethodsForty patients with CU (26 men and 14 women), and 40 ...
Man-Wei Xu +12 more
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Immunopathogenesis of Ocular Behçet’s Disease [PDF]
Behçet’s disease (BD) is a chronic recurrent systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology characterized by oral and genital ulcerations, skin lesions, and uveitis. The ocular involvement of BD, or Behçet’s uveitis (BU), is characterized by panuveitis or posterior uveitis with occlusive retinal vasculitis and tends to be more recurrent and sight ...
Un Chul Park, Tae Wan Kim, Hyeong Gon Yu
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Immunological studies of chronic ocular toxoplasmosis : up-regulation of major histocompatibility complex class I and transforming growth factor beta and a protective role for interleukin-6 [PDF]
A murine model was used to characterize the local immune and inflammatory response during ocular toxoplasmosis. Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I, normally expressed at low levels in immune-privileged sites such as the eye, was up-regulated ...
Byrne, N. +6 more
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Novel Approaches for Imaging-Based Diagnosis of Ocular Surface Disease
Imaging has become indispensable in the diagnosis and management of diseases in the posterior part of the eye. In recent years, imaging techniques for the anterior segment are also gaining importance and are nowadays routinely used in clinical practice ...
Leopold Schmetterer +11 more
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Estimating household and community transmission of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis. [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Community-wide administration of antibiotics is one arm of a four-pronged strategy in the global initiative to eliminate blindness due to trachoma. The potential impact of more efficient, targeted treatment of infected households depends on
Anthony W Solomon +43 more
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Background The study was intended to confirm whether Pars Plana Vitrectomy (PPV) with Internal Limiting Membrane (ILM) peeling and intravitreal injection mouse Nerve Growth Factor(mNGF) was effective for the treatment of Idiopathic Macular Hole(IMH) by ...
Xiao Yu +5 more
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