摘要：Keywords: acrylic intraocular lensesSince their clinical introduction 10 years ago, hydrophobic acrylic IOLs have gone on to become the most popular foldable IOL category worldwide。 According to t...

摘要：auChildhood blindness is ranked second only to cataract on the global burden of eye diseaseKeywords: childhood visionWhile the number of children with vision loss and blindness is relatively low in...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 16 December 2003But for the addition of a 4 or 5 dioptre concave lens in his instrument for looking into the eye, Babbage would probably be renowned today as the harbinge...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 3 December 2003ABSTRACTBackground: Extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) with a posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC IOL) is the preferred method of cataract surgery...

摘要：Series editors: W V Good and S Ruit1 Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran2 Farabi Eye Hospital, School of Medicine...

摘要：edu As the largest terrestrial lens, the atmosphere produces myriad interesting effects, but perhaps none so fabled as the green flash。 Any society can that can construct structures like the Pyram...

摘要：jpAccepted for publication 7 December 2003ABSTRACTAims: To compare the postoperative performance of single and three piece acrylic foldable intraocular lenses (IOLs)。Methods: 20 patients underwent...

摘要：eduAccepted for publication 22 November 2003ABSTRACTAim: Face seeking flies have long been thought to transmit Chlamydia trachomatis, the causative agent of trachoma, but this has never been proven...

摘要：eduAccepted for publication 4 October 2003ABSTRACTAim: To determine the disease causing gene defects in two patients with Meesmann’s corneal dystrophy。Methods: Mutational analysis of domains 1A a...

摘要：itAccepted for publication 3 October 2003ABSTRACTBackground: To investigate the levels of nitric oxide (NO) markers in plasma and aqueous humour of patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) ...

摘要：deAccepted for publication 3 November 2003ABSTRACTBackground/aims: To study the optic nerve head (ONH) characteristics in a cross sectional study with confocal laser scanning tomography using the H...

摘要：5th percentile for vertical cup to disc ratio (VCDR) has been proposed as a useful tool to assist in the diagnosis of glaucoma in population studies。 Previous reports of VCDR percentiles have eith...

摘要：dkAccepted for publication 1 August 2003ABSTRACTAims: To quantify retinal vascular change during and after hyperbaric oxygenation (HO) for 6x5 weekly 90 minute treatments。Methods: Fundus photograp...

摘要：atAccepted for publication 17 November 2003ABSTRACTAim: To investigate a potential difference in ocular vascular reactivity during carbogen breathing in optic nerve head, choroid, and retina betwee...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 30 November 2003 ABSTRACTAim: To investigate the barriers to, and degree and nature of bias in, participation in health services research by parents of children with visu...

摘要：The purpose of the study was to examine the relation between disease asymmetry and severity in the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) Study cohort。 Disease asymmetry was d...

摘要：eduAccepted for publication 3 November 2003 ABSTRACTAim: Previous studies have suggested that laser photocoagulation therapy is associated with the resolution of drusen in some age related macular ...

摘要：Department of Ophthalmology, University of Leicester, Robert Kilpatrick Clinical Sciences Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, PO Box 65, Leicester LE2 7LX, UKCorrespondence to:Shegufta FarooqDepar...

摘要：1 Department of Ophthalmology, Essen University Hospital, Essen, Germany2 Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Essen University Hospital, Essen, Germany3 Department of Oral and Maxill...

摘要：jpAccepted for publication 25 October 2003ABSTRACTAims: To determine whether pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF), a protein that inhibits angiogenesis, is expressed in human choroidal neovascu...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 25 June 2003ABSTRACTAims: To determine the effect of hypoglycaemia on ischaemic retinal injury。Methods: Rat retinal cultures were incubated in varying concentrations of ...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 22 September 2003 ABSTRACTPurpose: Sodium hyaluronate (hyaluronic acid) is known to promote corneal epithelial wound healing in vivo and in vitro, in animal experiments。...

摘要：1 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan2 Institute of Free Electron Laser, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osa...

摘要：comKeywords: strabismus surgery。 diplopia。 myasthenia gravisMyasthenia gravis (MG) causes diplopia in about 90% of patients with the disease。1–3,5 Minimal literature has emerged describing succ...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 21 July 2003Keywords: bovine pericardium。 wrapping materialHydroxyapatite implant becomes vascularised and integrated in the orbital tissues。 In view of the rough hard ...

摘要：netAccepted for publication 26 August 2003Keywords: esotropiaCyclic strabismus is a rare phenomenon characterised by recurring periods of heterotropia usually on alternate days。 It usually appears...

摘要：deAccepted for publication 3 September 2003Keywords: retinal progenitor cells。 retinal progenitor cells。 retinal dystrophies。 retinal pigment epitheliumIt has been generally assumed that the adu...

摘要：com Accepted for publication 8 September 2003Keywords: angioid streaks。 twins。 maculaAngioid streaks were first described in 1889 by Doyne,1 who described them in a patient with retinal haemorrha...

摘要：comAccepted for publication 15 September 2003Keywords: histiocytosis。 Langerhans cell。 tumourWe report a rare case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) of bone in which recurrence occurred in t...

摘要：deAccepted for publication 24 September 2003Keywords: triamcinolone acetonide。 cataract surgerySubretinal or retinal neovascularisation, intravitreal proliferation of non-vascular cells, intrareti...

摘要：eduAccepted for publication 3 October 2003Keywords: photodynamic therapy。 corneal neovascularisation。 lipid degenerationCorneal neovascularisation, and subsequent lipid keratopathy is a potential...

摘要：comAccepted for publication 21 October 2003Keywords: retinal racemose haemangioma。 retinal arteriovenous malformation。 Wyburn-Mason syndromeThe triad of concomitant retinal or orbital arterioveno...

摘要：Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK Correspondence to: MrJonathan D Rossiter, Moorfields Eye Hospital City Road, London, EC1V 2PD, UK。ukAccepted for publication 28 October 2003Keywords: etane...

摘要：eduAccepted for publication 3 November 2003Keywords: iris melanocytoma。 pupil sparing iridectomy。 secondary glaucomaSecondary glaucoma with iris melanocytoma can be successfully managed using sec...

摘要：comAccepted for publication 4 November 2003Keywords: triamcinolone。 macular oedemaIntravitreal triamcinolone injection is a safe and effective treatment for cystoid macular oedema (CMO) caused by ...

摘要：comAccepted for publication 5 November 2003Keywords: Erdheim-Chester disease。 cladribine。 histiocytosisErdheim-Chester disease is a rare, life threatening lipoid granulomatosis1 with fewer than 1...

摘要：netAccepted for publication 7 November 2003Keywords: polyneuropathy。 Several clinical signs have been suggested to result from this similarity including vitiligo, syndrome of inappropriate antidiu...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 17 November 2003Keywords: metallic foreign body。 keratoplastyRecognition, diagnosis, and management of fungal keratitis remain difficult despite significant advances in ...

摘要：naevus。 reconstructionWe present an interesting case of a kissing naevus which was not completely excised during the patient’s childhood, 29 years before presentation。 A large, circumorbital pig...

摘要：hkAccepted for publication 20 November 2003Keywords: confocal microscopy。 Aspergillus fumigatus。 keratitisWe read with great interest the article of Avunduk and coworkers,1 who conducted a study ...