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Steatocystoma simplex of the caruncle
1 The Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital Clinic, Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane, Qld, 4029 ...
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Blindness from quinine toxicity.
We report a case of quinine overdose in a 47-year-old man who presented with blindness. Fundus photography demonstrates the acute and subsequent retinal changes, and his visual recovery to normal ...
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Expression of adhesion molecule CD44 on human corneas
Professor Dr med G Duncker, Klinik für Ophthalmologie der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Hegewischstrasse 2, D-24105 Kiel, Germany. AIMS This study was undertaken to confirm the distribution ...
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Corneal ulceration in the developing world—a silent epidemic
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Short term comparative study of topical 2% carteolol with and without benzalkonium chloride in healthy volunteers
a Department of Ophthalmology, Ambroise Paré, University of Paris-V René Descartes, France, b Center of Clinical Pharmacology, Pasteur Hospital, University of Nice, France Pr Ch Baudouin, MD, PhD, ...
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The estimated prevalence and incidence of late stage age related macular degeneration in the UK
Aims To estimate prevalence, number and incidence of AMD by type in the UK population aged ≥50 years. Methods Age-specific prevalence rates of AMD obtained from a Bayesian meta-analysis of AMD ...
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Smoking as an aetiological factor in a pedigree with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy
Donald R Johns, MD, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Room 858, 77 Ave Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA. BACKGROUND/AIMS Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a mitochondrial DNA mediated ...
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The development of a “reduced logMAR” visual acuity chart for use in routine clinical practice
BACKGROUND/AIMS The advantages of logMAR acuity data over the Snellen fraction are well known, and yet existing logMAR charts have not been adopted into routine ophthalmic clinical use. As this may be ...
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A population based eye survey of older adults in Tirunelveli district of south India: blindness, cataract surgery, and visual outcomes
Correspondence to: Leon B Ellwein, PhD, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 31 Center Drive, Room 6A-51, Bethesda, MD 20892-2510, USA; ellwein{at}nei.nih.gov Aims: To assess the ...
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Ampiginous choroiditis following quadrivalent human papilloma virus vaccine
Correspondence to Dr N Acharya, FI Proctor Foundation, Room S334, 513 Parnassus Avenue, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0412, USA; nisha.acharya{at}ucsf.edu If you wish ...
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Acanthamoeba keratitis: multicentre survey in England 1992–6
AIM To investigate the frequency, outcomes, and risk factors for acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) in England during the past 4 years. METHODS An ophthalmologist in 12 of the 14 regional health authorities ...