Apr 22, 2020

To evaluate the intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering efficacy and safety of tafluprost 0.0015% eye drops [benzalkonium chloride (BAK) 0.1 mg/mL] compared with that of latanoprost 0.005% eye drops (BAK ...

Apr 22, 2020

To evaluate systemic risk factors of dry eye disease, aqueous tear deficiency, and meibomian gland dysfunction.Three hundred and seventy-two community residents (222 females, 150 males; mean ± SD...

Apr 22, 2020

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of autologous serum (AS) eye drops on the density of human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DR-positive epithelial cells and Langerhans cells on the ocular sur...

Apr 22, 2020

: To investigate the aqueous humor and serum levels of selected cytokines and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in diabetic patients, implicating their role in the pathogenesis of diabetic eye...

Apr 22, 2020

Diabetic retinopathy is a slow progressing complication of diabetes mellitus with multifactorial aetiology affecting approximately 80% of diabetics worldwide. Chronic hyperglycemic milieu of Diabetes ...

Apr 22, 2020

Retinopathy continues to progress even when diabetic patients try to control their blood sugar, but the molecular mechanism of this 'metabolic memory' phenomenon remains elusive. Retinal mitochondria ...

Apr 22, 2020

Effective screening is a desirable method for the early detection and successful treatment for diabetic retinopathy, and fundus photography is currently the dominant medium for retinal imaging due to ...

Apr 22, 2020

Impairment of mitochondrial structure and function is strongly linked to glaucoma pathogenesis. Despite the widely appreciated disease relevance of mitochondrial dysfunction and loss, the molecular me...

Apr 22, 2020

Advances in DNA sequencing technologies have revolutionised rare disease diagnostics and have led to a dramatic increase in the volume of available genomic data. A key challenge that needs to be overc...

Apr 22, 2020

We investigated glaucoma patients' complications, subjective symptoms, and side effects of continuous 24-h measurement of intraocular pressure (IOP)-related patterns with a contact lens sensor (CLS). ...

Apr 22, 2020

Corneal trauma and ulcerations are leading causes of corneal blindness around the world. These lesions require attentive medical monitoring since improper healing or infection has serious consequences...

Apr 22, 2020

To study the effect of changing heart rate on the ocular pulse and the dynamic biomechanical behavior of the optic nerve head (ONH) using a comprehensive mathematical model.In a finite element model o...

Apr 22, 2020

The Certificate of Visual Impairment (CVI) provides essential data for preventable sight loss indicators as part of the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) published annually by the Department of ...

Apr 22, 2020

To evaluate the visual outcomes and complications associated with noninfectious uveitis in patients presenting with a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).Retrospective cohort study.A total of 554 ...

Apr 14, 2020

The purpose of this study was to assess vision-related quality of life and associated factors among adult patients with visual impairment at the University of Gondar Tertiary Eye Care and Training Cen...

Apr 14, 2020

We report two brothers with severe global cognitive and motor delay, cortical visual impairment and sick sinus syndrome who were born to consanguineous parents. Standard genetic evaluations did not re...

Apr 14, 2020

Cataract is a global disease that may cause blindness. Due to the slow pace of disease progression, patients often presume incorrectly that their blurred vision is caused by excessive fatigue or lack ...

Apr 14, 2020

Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Whereas latanoprost is one of the most effective drugs in glaucoma treatment, its eye drops need frequent application leading to lack ...

Apr 14, 2020

Dry eye disease (DED) is one of the most common ophthalmic disorders. Pathogenesis of the disease includes inflammation of the ocular surface and lacrimal gland. Two anti-inflammatory prescription tre...

Apr 14, 2020

Homeostasis and visual acuity of the surface of the eye are dependent on tears, a thin film comprising at least 1800 different extracellular proteins and numerous species of lipids through which 80% o...