Aug 13, 2020

Few reports have explored the possibility of involvement of non-inflammatory factors in lacrimal hyposecretion in Sjögren's syndrome (SS). RNA-seq analysis revealed that only 4 genes, including argin...

Aug 13, 2020

The severe stage of Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is characterized by the growth of new blood vessels which is called Neovascularization (NV). The abnormally grown blood vessels on the disc are breakable ...

Aug 13, 2020

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a frequent complication of diabetes mellitus and an increasingly common cause of visual impairment. Blood vessel damage occurs as the disease progresses, leading to ischem...

Aug 13, 2020

Hormonal transition among middle-aged women with type 2 diabetes may exert an impact in the development of diabetic retinopathy (DR). In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to assess the levels of es...

Aug 13, 2020

Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in all countries and is expected to increase in patients with this pathology in the coming years. Currently, the development of the disease is a...

Aug 13, 2020

The impact of sociodemographic factors on the presentation and outcomes of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) in the United States have not been described. We analyzed the impact of these factors...

Aug 13, 2020

To assess the Support, Educate, Empower (SEE) personalized glaucoma coaching program impact on 1) eye drop instillation technique and 2) eye drop instillation self-efficacy.A prospective pre-post pilo...

Aug 10, 2020

DICER1 deficiency in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) was associated with the accumulation of transcripts and implicated in geographic atrophy (GA), a form of age-related macular degeneration (AM...

Aug 10, 2020

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a leading cause of childhood blindness worldwide but can be a treatable retinal disease with appropriate and timely diagnosis. This study was performed to develop a...

Aug 10, 2020

Dry eye disease (DED) is among the most common eye diseases and is becoming increasingly prevalent. Its symptoms cause a long-term decline in patients' health-related quality of life (HRQL). Inconsist...

Aug 10, 2020

To evaluate the optical quality and tear film quality in patients with dry eye syndrome (DES) before and after using an intranasal neurostimulation device to stimulate tear production.Cross-sectional ...

Aug 10, 2020

Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is frequently encountered by eye care practitioners. It is characterised by obstruction of the Meibomian glands and/or alterations in the consistency of glandular sec...

Aug 10, 2020

As a third of people with diabetes mellitus (DM) will suffer the microvascular complications of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and therapeutic options can effectively prevent visual impairment, systematic ...

Aug 10, 2020

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a vascular lesion induced by high glucose. STEAP4 is an indispensable membrane protein, which is closely related to hyperglycemic-induced cell inflammation and injury, whi...

Aug 10, 2020

Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) has emerged as a novel, fast, safe and non-invasive imaging technique of analyzing the retinal and choroidal microvasculature in vivo. OCT-A captures m...

Aug 10, 2020

It is well established that early blindness results in enhancement of the remaining non-visual sensory modalities accompanied by functional and anatomical brain plasticity. While auditory and tactile ...

Aug 10, 2020

To examine the risk of open-angle glaucoma (OAG) among patients receiving alpha1-adrenoceptor (α1-AR) antagonists for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).This was a nationwide, population-based, retr...

Aug 10, 2020

To evaluate the short-term changes in inner retinal function using the photopic negative response (PhNR) after intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction in glaucoma.Forty-seven participants with glaucoma w...

Aug 10, 2020

To report and analyze the causes and outcomes of malpractice litigation in ophthalmic trauma.The Westlaw database was reviewed for ophthalmology litigation in the United States between 1930 and 2014. ...

Aug 10, 2020

An increasing number of pre-presbyopic patients are undergoing uniocular cataract extraction. We aim to compare the binocular status of subjects with uniocular cataracts, implanted either with a multi...