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Purpose. To investigate the relationship between aqueous humor cytokines and structural characteristics based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME). Methods.
Yan Chen +5 more
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Background EPO (erythropoietin) and PDGF (platelet derived growth factor) families are thought to be associated with angiogenesis under hypoxic condition.
Jing Wang +5 more
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Background Despite receiving orthokeratology (ortho-k), the efficacy of retarding ocular elongation during myopia varies among myopic children. The current study aimed to investigate the early changes of choroidal vasculature at one month after ortho-k ...
Hao Wu +13 more
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Background More and more concerns have been arisen about the ability of new medical graduates to meet the demands of today’s practice environment. In this study, we wanted to develop a valid, reliable and standardized assessment tool for evaluating the ...
Zhihua Zhang +6 more
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CYTOKINES IN LACRIMAL FLUID AND BLOOD SERUM: EARLY BIOMARKERS OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
The article presents results of multiplex cytokine assays in blood serum and lacrimal fluid at the initial and intermediate stages of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
O. S. Slepova +3 more
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Objectives To evaluate the efficacy of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with retinal pigment epithelial detachment (PED).
Zuhua Sun +8 more
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Background To assess the effect of tear film instability in dry eye disease (DED) by measuring visual performance and tear film optical quality in a simultaneous real-time analysis system. Methods Thirty-seven DED participants and 20 normal controls were
An-Peng Pan +9 more
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Background To investigate the anti-inflammatory and antioxidative effects of gallic acid (GA) on human corneal epithelial cells (HCECs) and RAW264.7 macrophages as well as its therapeutic effects in an experimental dry eye (EDE) mouse model.
Kexin Li +10 more
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Background This study aimed to evaluate the individual and joint effects of reduced visual acuity (VA) and restricted visual field (VF) on the reading performance of Chinese readers under standardized low-vision simulation. Methods Eighty-one adults were
Xuhong Luo +7 more
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Background Idiopathic orbital inflammation (IOI) is a nonspecific orbital inflammatory disease with the third highest prevalence among orbital diseases, and its pathogenesis is associated with T-cell-mediated immune responses.
Yenan Fang +6 more
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