Jan 07, 2021

Infantile nystagmus is an infrequent condition that represents a diagnostic challenge for the pediatri cian. Albinism is one of its main causes, being difficult to suspect in the absence of evident cu...

Jan 07, 2021

To evaluate the density and distribution of conjunctival goblet cells in mice without clinical evidence of ocular surface diseases.Immediately after euthanasia of C57BL/6 wild-type mice, the eyes incl...

Jan 07, 2021

To assess the six-month therapeutic profiles of lipid and non-lipid-based artificial tear supplements in managing dry eye disease (DED).Ninety-nine participants fulfilling the TFOS DEWS II diagnostic ...

Jan 07, 2021

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most prevalent genetic diseases in human and it is caused by damage to the blood vessels in the eye retina. If it is undetected and untreated at right time, it ...

Jan 07, 2021

The therapeutic effects of carotenoids as dietary supplements to control or even treat some specific diseases including diabetic retinopathy, cardiovascular diseases, bacterial infections, as well as ...

Jan 07, 2021

Little is known about the retinal manifestations of arterial hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM) in Western Tanzania and how to maximise the utilisation of scarce eye health resources. To ad...

Jan 07, 2021

A longstanding debate within philosophy and neuroscience involves the extent to which sensory information is a necessary condition for conceptual knowledge. Much of our understanding of this relations...

Jan 07, 2021

Organoid cultures represent a unique tool to investigate the developmental complexity of tissues like the human retina. NRL is a transcription factor required for the specification and homeostasis of ...

Jan 07, 2021

Vascular malformations are congenital anomalies of the vascular system that often affect the head and neck region. Vascular malformations are typically present at birth and proportionately grow with t...

Jan 07, 2021

In 2019, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) created the Task Force on Myopia in recognition of the substantial global increases in myopia prevalence and its associated complications. The Task...

Jan 07, 2021

Obstructive Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is one of the leading causes of evaporative dry eye disease. Meibomian glands at the eyelid secrete lipids that prevent evaporation of the aqueous tear fi...

Jan 04, 2021

Common sites of metastatic disease seen in cervical cancer most often include the lungs and liver. Orbital metastasis secondary to cervical carcinoma is a rare form of metastatic disease. We report a ...

Jan 04, 2021

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the major causes of blindness, and the incidence of this disease has been increasing in recent years.To investigate the association between the single ...

Jan 04, 2021

This review provides insights into the mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of myopia and potential targets for clinical intervention. Although the etiology of myopia involves both environmental and ...

Jan 04, 2021

Myopic maculopathy and glaucoma belong to the most common causes of irreversible blindness worldwide and, having an ocular axial elongation as one of their main risk factors, can occur together. The d...

Jan 04, 2021

Evaluation of the demographic profile, clinical features, topographic, biomechanical and aberrometric characteristics in pediatric keratoconus (KC).Cross-sectional study METHODS: Cases with KC aged &l...

Jan 04, 2021

This study assesses the knowledge and attitudes of dermatologists in Saudi Arabia with regard to dry eye disease, refractive surgery, and contact lenses when prescribing isotretinoin.A total of 150 de...

Jan 04, 2021

To compare hematologic and serological parameters among patients with Sjogren's syndrome (SS), dry eye syndrome (DES) and controls, and validate a novel multiplex-serology method for identifying auto-...

Jan 04, 2021

To assess the risk factors for severe visual impairment (SVI) and corneal complications in primary and secondary Sjogren's syndrome (SS).Retrospective case series.Ocular data of all consecutive SS pat...

Jan 04, 2021

Increasing evidence suggests that interleukin-6 (IL-6) trans-signaling plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy (DR). We have previously shown that activation of IL-6 trans-si...