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Rosacea is a prevalent chronic cutaneous disorder with variable presentation and severity. Although considered a skin disease, rosacea may evolve the eyes in 58-72% of the patients, causing eyelid and ocular surface inflammation.
Hofling-Lima, Ana Luisa +2 more
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Primary pterygium: interpretation using optical coherence tomography
Purpose. To give a characteristic of a primary pterygium at its different stages for specification of indications to a surgical treatment using the optical coherence tomography (OCT). Material and methods.
A.V. Petrayevsky +2 more
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Recent developments in retinal lasers and delivery systems
Photocoagulation is the standard of care for several ocular disorders and in particular retinal conditions. Technology has offered us newer lasing mediums, wavelengths and delivery systems.
Naresh Kumar Yadav +3 more
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Glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase deficiency as a risk factor in proliferative disorder development [PDF]
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is an important site of metabolic control in the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) which provides reducing power (NADPH) and pentose phosphates.
Alessandra Pani +9 more
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Protocolos clínicos e de regulação para condução da dificuldade visual na rede pública de saúde [PDF]
PURPOSE: To describe the procedures used in developing Clinical and Regulatory Protocols for primary care teams to use in the management of the most common scenarios of impaired vision in Southern Brazil. METHODS: A retrospective review of 1.333 referral
FURTADO, João Marcello Fortes +7 more
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Ocular surface ophthalmoheliosis in a region of Patagonia [PDF]
The aim of this mini review is to describe the prevalence of Environmental Proteinaceous Corneal Degeneration (EPCD), pinguecula and pterygium and the association among them.
Serra, Horacio Marcelo +1 more
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A novel role for CRIM1 in the corneal response to UV and pterygium development [PDF]
Pterygium is a pathological proliferative condition of the ocular surface, characterised by formation of a highly vascularised, fibrous tissue arising from the limbus that invades the central cornea leading to visual disturbance and, if untreated ...
Atkinson S. D. +15 more
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Purpose: Our goal was to identify the cellular and molecular effects of 2-ethylpyridine (2-EP, a component of cigarette smoke) on human retinal pigment epithelial cells (ARPE-19) in vitro.
S Mansoor +4 more
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The prevalence of pterygium and pinguecula in a clinic population [PDF]
Purpose : This study aimed to measure the prevalence of pinguecula and pterygium from patients pool attending the International Islamic University Malaysia Optometry Clinic (IIUM-OC).
Abdullah, Shahirah +7 more
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Background To determine the repeatability of measurements of ocular surface vessel density in normal and diseased eyes using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).
Sijie Cai, Fengping Zhao, Chixin Du
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