Choroidal Thickness in Different Types of Inherited Retinal Dystrophies
Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2020 Purpose: To compare the choroidal thickness among eyes with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), Stargardt disease, Usher syndrome, cone-rod dystrophy, and healthy eyes of sex- and age-matched individuals. Methods: In this comparative study, 503 eyes with RP
Hamideh Sabbaghi +9 more
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Harnessing the Potential of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and Gene Editing for the Treatment of Retinal Degeneration [PDF]
, 2017 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: A major cause of visual disorders is dysfunction and/or loss of the light-sensitive cells of the retina, the photoreceptors. To develop better treatments for patients, we need to understand how inherited retinal disease mutations ...
Ali, RR +4 more
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Fixation Improvement through Biofeedback Rehabilitation in Stargardt Disease
Case Reports in Medicine, 2016 Stargardt disease is the most common hereditary macular degeneration in juveniles. It is characterized by macular dystrophy associated with loss of central vision in the first or second decade of life, a “beaten-metal” appearance in the fovea or ...
G. Scuderi +3 more
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Multimodal fundus imaging in heredodystrophic and degenerative diseases of the retina [PDF]
, 2009 A tomografia de coerência óptica incorporou-se gradativamente ao contemporâneo arsenal diagnóstico em Oftalmologia, passando a exercer papel fundamental na investigação e condução de doenças oculares, particularmente na especialidade de Retina e Vítreo ...
CALUCCI, Daniela +3 more
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Fundus Autofluorescence in Inherited Retinal Disease: A Review
CellsFundus autofluorescence (FAF) is a non-invasive retinal imaging technique that helps visualize naturally occurring fluorophores, such as lipofuscin, and provides valuable insight into retinal diseases—particularly inherited retinal diseases (IRDs).
Jin Kyun Oh +3 more
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The Role of PEC Progenitors in ADPKD Progression [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is a pathology mainly characterized by the progressive development and enlargement of cysts in each kidneys.
CAVAZZINI, FABRIZIO +3 more
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Diagnostic classification of retinal degenerative diseases São Paulo and Vale Retina groups [PDF]
, 2003 PURPOSE: To organize a regional data bank of all individuals that have retinal degenerative diseases, with the aim to classify each patient according to the type of distrophy and pattern of inheritance. METHODS: During the meeting of the São Paulo Retina
Farah, Michel Eid +2 more
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Access, choice, and guidance in German Health Care: An account of health policy reforms since 2004 [PDF]
This paper discusses the influence of recent health care reform acts in Germany on choice, guidance and access from the perspective of patients, insured, insurers, and health care providers. Particular emphasis is put on health policy reforms since 2004,
Henke, Klaus-Dirk +3 more
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Development of refractive errors - what can we learn from inherited retinal dystrophies? [PDF]
, 2017 PURPOSE: It is unknown which retinal cells are involved in the retina-to-sclera signaling cascade causing myopia. As inherited retinal dystrophies (IRD) are characterized by dysfunction of a single retinal cell type and have a high risk of refractive ...
Born, L.I. (Ingeborgh) van den +8 more
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Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015 The aim of this study was to gain information about disease prevalence and to identify the responsible genes for inherited retinal dystrophies (IRD) in Japanese populations. Clinical and molecular evaluations were performed on 349 patients with IRD.
Yuuki Arai +7 more
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