Tear fluid biomarkers in ocular and systemic disease: potential use for predictive, preventive and personalised medicine [PDF]
In the field of predictive, preventive and personalised medicine, researchers are keen to identify novel and reliable ways to predict and diagnose disease, as well as to monitor patient response to therapeutic agents.
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An Uncommon Ocular Finding in Behçet’s Disease: Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis
A 43-year-old female patient presented to our eye clinic with blurred vision and redness in the right eye for 2 weeks. Biomicroscopic examination revealed peripheral ulcerative keratitis with corneal thinning.
Orhan Ayar +5 more
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Ceratites microbianas relacionadas a lente de contato [PDF]
PURPOSE: Contact lens-associated microbial keratitis is a severe condition with sight-threatening potential and increasing incidence. Information regarding the etiological agents is essential in guiding management and may vary geographically.
Hofling-Lima, Ana Luisa +1 more
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Weaning of immunosuppression in long - Term liver transplant recipients [PDF]
Seventy-two long-surviving liver transplant recipients were evaluated prospectively, including a baseline allograft biopsy for weaning off of immunosuppression.
Abu-Elmagd, K +11 more
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Adalimumab for refractory peripheral ulcerative keratitis [PDF]
Peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) is an immune-mediated disorder characterized by patchy, peripheral stromal thinning and infiltrates which tend to coalesce and extend to the limbus and often the sclera (unlike Mooren's ulcer) even in the presence of an intact overlying epithelium [1].
Cordero-Coma, Miguel +5 more
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Odontoameloblastoma with extensive chondroid matrix deposition in a guinea pig [PDF]
Odontoameloblastomas (previously incorporated within ameloblastic odontomas) are matrix-producing odontogenic mixed tumors and are closely related in histologic appearance to the 2 other types of matrix-producing odontogenic mixed tumors: odontomas and ...
Hedley, J +4 more
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Optimal management of Cogan’s syndrome: a multidisciplinary approach [PDF]
Cogan's syndrome (CS) is a rare disorder characterized by nonsyphilitic interstitial keratitis (IK) and audio-vestibular symptoms. CS affects mainly young Caucasian adults, mostly during their first three decades of age, and may develop into typical and ...
D'Aguanno, Vittorio +3 more
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Efficacy of riboflavin/UV-A corneal phototherapy as stand-alone treatment for ulcerative keratitis in horses [PDF]
The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of riboflavin/UV-A corneal phototherapy in comparison with topical antimicrobials for the treatment of corneal ulcers in horses.
Arcelli R. +8 more
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Prospective Study of the Diagnostic Accuracy of the In Vivo Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope for Severe Microbial Keratitis. [PDF]
To determine the diagnostic accuracy of in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) for moderate to severe microbial keratitis (MK). Double-masked prospective cohort study.
Burton, MJ +12 more
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Systemic adalimumab induces peripheral corneal infiltrates: a case report. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors are widely used agents in the treatment of immune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.
Beydoun, T. +4 more
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