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Sex and age differences in symptoms and signs of dry eye disease in a Norwegian cohort of patients.

Nov 30, 2020

To investigate sex and age differences in symptoms and signs in a Norwegian clinic-based cohort of patients with dry eye disease (DED).Visitors at the Norwegian Dry Eye Clinic were examined using Ocul...

Reduced Tearing With Stable Quality of Life After Vidian Neurectomy: A Prospective Controlled Trial.

Nov 30, 2020

Although vidian neurectomy (VN) is associated with decreased lacrimation, its impact on dry eye quality-of-life is not well-defined. Endoscopic endonasal transpterygoid approaches (EETA) may require v...

Gambogic acid ameliorates high glucose- and palmitic acid-induced inflammatory response in ARPE-19 cells via activating Nrf2 signaling pathway: ex vivo.

Nov 30, 2020

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a serious microvascular complication of diabetes. Gambogic acid has been reported to have anti-inflammatory effect. However, the effect of GA on inflammatory response of A...

Protective effect of metformin on rat diabetic retinopathy involves suppression of toll-like receptor 4/nuclear factor-k B expression and glutamate excitotoxicity.

Nov 30, 2020

Microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus are progressively significant reasons for mortality. Metformin (MET) is considered as the first-line therapy for type 2 diabetes patients, and may be e...

Sustained suppression of VEGF for treatment of retinal/choroidal vascular diseases.

Nov 30, 2020

Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (NVAMD) is the most prevalent choroidal vascular disease, and diabetic retinopathy (DR) and retinal vein occlusion (RVO) are the most prevalent retinal vas...

Optic nerve head vessel density in different stages of pseudoexfoliation disease.

Nov 30, 2020

To evaluate the superficial vascular density of the optic nerve head in different stages of pseudoexfoliation disease using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).In this cross-sectional stud...

Morphometric analysis of the lens in human aniridia and mouse Small eye.

Nov 30, 2020

Congenital aniridia is caused by heterozygous mutations in the PAX6 gene. In this disease, congenital iris and foveal hypoplasia is associated with juvenile onset cataract, glaucoma, and corneal kerat...

Stem cell-based therapeutic strategies for corneal epithelium regeneration.

Nov 30, 2020

Any significant loss of vision or blindness caused by corneal damages is referred to as corneal blindness. Corneal blindness is the fourth most common cause of blindness worldwide, representing more t...

Efficacy of Visual Retraining in the Hemianopic Field After Stroke: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Nov 30, 2020

To evaluate the efficacy of motion discrimination training as a potential therapy for stroke-induced hemianopic visual field defects.Clinical Trial SUBJECTS: Forty-eight subjects with stroke-induced h...

Marijuana and Glaucoma: A Social Media Content Analysis.

Nov 30, 2020

This study analyzes the content quality and characteristics of the most popular and highly ranked search results on the internet related to glaucoma and medical cannabis (MC).Internet-based cross-sect...

Dry Eye Syndrome and Sicca Complex are Commonly Found in Patients with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.

Nov 30, 2020

Patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) present to outpatient dysautonomia clinics endorsing a wide range of symptoms. Dry eyes and mouth, or sicca complex are frequently report...

Impact of corneal refractive surgery on the precorneal tear film.

Nov 26, 2020

Corneal refractive surgeries are one of the commonly performed procedures for correction of refractive errors. Tear film abnormality is the most common postoperative complication of corneal refractive...

Algorithmic approach to diagnosis and management of post-refractive surgery dry eye disease.

Nov 26, 2020

Dry eye disease (DED) is a condition that is fast reaching epidemic proportions around the world. Dry eye post-refractive surgery is the leading cause of iatrogenically induced DED. The wide variety o...

Post laser-assisted keratomileusis dry eye disease and temporary punctal plugs.

Nov 26, 2020

The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of post laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) dry eye with and without intraoperative extended duration temporary punctal plug placement.This retrospe...

Vitamin A and Diabetes.

Nov 26, 2020

Recently, research data have shown that vitamin A (VA, retinol) as a micronutrient participates in the regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism. Since diabetes is a metabolic disease, it is imperati...

The effects of Bushen Yiqi Huoxue prescription and its disassembled prescriptions on a diabetic retinopathy model in Sprague Dawley rats.

Nov 26, 2020

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most serious complications in the late stages of diabetes, with a complex mechanism. As a complication affecting local lesions, few studies have compared differ...

Gene-specific facial dysmorphism in Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome caused by FOXC1 and PITX2 variants.

Nov 26, 2020

Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome is a genetic condition characterized by ocular and systemic features and is most commonly caused by variants in the FOXC1 or PITX2 genes. Facial dysmorphism is part of the syn...

Identifying gaps in patient access to diabetic screening eye examinations in Ontario: a provincially representative cross-sectional study.

Nov 26, 2020

Diabetes is the leading cause of acquired blindness in Canadians under the age of 50 years, and diabetic retinopathy affects an estimated 500 000 Canadians. Early identification of retinopathy with s...

Ophthatome™: an integrated knowledgebase of ophthalmic diseases for translating vision research into the clinic.

Nov 26, 2020

Medical big data analytics has revolutionized the human healthcare system by introducing processes that facilitate rationale clinical decision making, predictive or prognostic modelling of the disease...

Objectively measured near work, outdoor exposure, and myopia in children

Nov 26, 2020

This study was done with the purpose to reassess the association between near work, outdoor exposure, and myopia in children through an objective approach. 86 children were asked to wear Clouclip, a ...

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