摘要：See p 1241 DIRECT COSTS OF GLAUCOMAGlaucoma is a leading cause of blindness worldwide。

摘要：auTowards evidence based public healthKeywords: cataract surgery。 AfricaReaders of the BJO will be aware that cataract is the leading cause of blindness in Africa, affecting an estimated half of t...

摘要：1 FI Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA2 Institute for Global Health, and Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USACorresponden...

摘要：IndiaIt is most gratifying to see the excellent article by Gupta et al in this issue of BJO (p 1241), as advocates of preference based quality of life instruments such as utility analysis (those th...

摘要：Keywords: internet based eye care。 MedicareMedicare, Australia’s universal health insurance system, assures access to public health services。 Although it is now 20 years since Medicare was intro...

摘要：netAccepted for publication 1 May 2005ABSTRACTBackground: The numbers of cataract surgeries done in sub-Saharan Africa fall short of Vision 2020 targets。 Over a few years, two programmes in rural ...

摘要：comAccepted for publication 6 May 2005ABSTRACTAim: To ascertain utility values and associated quality of life with different severity and duration of glaucoma among Indian patients。Methods: Utilit...

摘要：itAccepted for publication 2 May 2005ABSTRACTBackground: Resource utilisation and direct costs associated with glaucoma progression in Europe are unknown。 As population progressively ages, the eco...

摘要：Series editors: W V Good, S Ruit1 Department of International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan2 Department of Community Medicine and Family Health, Inst...

摘要：edu Polar latitudes have among the harshest of climates on earth, and those ill prepared for these extremes sometimes pay with their lives。 Explorers such as Parry and Franklin, among others, lost...

摘要：becker@uveitiscenter。deAccepted for publication 1 May 2005ABSTRACTAim: In addition to optic neuritis (ON), multiple sclerosis (MS) may also involve the eye with a typically bilateral intermediate ...

摘要：deAccepted for publication 1 April 2005ABSTRACTAim: To identify novel or rare rhodopsin gene mutations in patients with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa and description of their clinical phe...

摘要：comAccepted for publication 1 March 2005ABSTRACTAim: To determine the size of untreated choroidal melanomas resolved by whole body positron emission tomography fused with computed tomography (PET/C...

摘要：comAccepted for publication 20 April 2005ABSTRACTAim: To investigate the value of whole body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in screening for metastatic choroidal melanoma...

摘要：1 Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leicester, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK2 Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, 22-28 Princess Road West, Leicester L...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 29 January 2005 ABSTRACTBackground/aim: Trachomatous trichiasis frequently returns following surgery。 This study investigates whether enhanced control of infection, both...

摘要：deAccepted for publication 1 June 2005 ABSTRACTAim: To assess the accommodative power of a new foldable monofocal intraocular lens。 The study included 40 patients attending the hospital for catara...

摘要：There is therefore considerable interest in the effects of topical antiglaucoma drugs on ocular blood flow。 A study was undertaken to compare the ocular haemodynamic effects of dorzolamide and tim...

摘要：brAccepted for publication 1 April 2005 ABSTRACTAim: To compare the results of the water drinking test between glaucomatous eyes with and without visual field progression。 Reliable achromatic auto...

摘要：chAccepted for publication 1 April 2005 ABSTRACTAim: To compare subfoveal choroidal blood flow (ChBF) in sitting and supine positions in normal volunteers。 The subjects then assumed a supine posit...

摘要：beAccepted for publication 6 May 2005 ABSTRACTAim: To analyse local tumour control, radiation related complications, visual acuity, enucleation rate, and survival after brachytherapy of small to me...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 23 March 2005 ABSTRACTAim: To describe the clinical spectrum of achiasmia, a congenital disorder of reduced relative decussation at the optic chiasm。 Achiasmia was defin...

摘要：eduAccepted for publication 1 March 2005 ABSTRACTPurpose: To compare base-in prism reading glasses with placebo reading glasses for the treatment of symptomatic convergence insufficiency (CI) in ch...

摘要：atAccepted for publication 2 May 2005 ABSTRACTAim: To evaluate if functionally relevant deficits in reading performance exist in children with essential microstrabismic amblyopia by comparing the m...

摘要：orgAccepted for publication 11 January 2005 ABSTRACTAim: The optimal treatment of ocular myasthenia gravis (OMG) remains unknown。 The authors evaluated the efficacy of prednisone and pyridostigmin...

摘要：Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Lister Centre, Nelson Street, Manchester M13 9WL, UKCorrespondence to:Imran RahmanManchester Royal Eye Hospital, Lister Centre, Nelson Street, Manchester M13 9WL, UK。...

摘要：The National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UKCorrespondence to:Dr Sarah CooperThe National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveill...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 13 May 2005ABSTRACTAim: To develop a method for the reliable isolation of adult human macular inner choroidal endothelial cells (ICECs) and to subsequently characterise t...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 18 April 2005ABSTRACTAim: Silicone oil is a useful tamponading material used in complex vitroretinal surgery。 However, the use of silicone oil is associated with emulsif...

摘要：Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rostock, Doberaner Strasse 140, 18055 Rostock, GermanyCorrespondence to:Dr Ralf Bochert Robert KraakUniversit。t Rostock, Universit。tsaugenklinik, Dobera...

摘要：comAccepted for publication 18 April 2005 ABSTRACTAim: Published clinical series suggest the osteoodontokeratoprosthesis (OOKP) may have a lower extrusion rate than current synthetic keratoprosthes...

摘要：eduAccepted for publication 15 June 2005 ABSTRACTMounting evidence suggests that inflammation is the key factor in the pathogenesis of various ocular surface diseases, with a complex interplay of g...

摘要：choroidal neovascularisation。 myopiaBevacizumab (Avastin, Genentech) is a recombinant humanised, full length, anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody that binds all isoforms of VEGF-A。1 In this report, we ...

摘要：comAccepted for publication 9 January 2005Keywords: communication。 Eighteen cases were caused by ophthalmologists either changing a regime without informing the general practitioner or not giving ...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 21 February 2005Keywords: phacoemulsification。 brain neurostimulation deviceA 69 year old woman with nuclear sclerotic cataracts was examined。 The implanted Medtronic d...

摘要：pigment。 tetracyclineThere have been no reports, to our knowledge, of a clinical presentation of ocular pigmentation secondary to the use of oral tetracycline only。 Tetracycline hydrochloride is ...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 23 March 2005Keywords: astigmatism。 corneal epithelial defectsHigh and sometimes irregular astigmatism is not an infrequent complication following anterior segment surge...

摘要：ukAccepted for publication 23 March 2005Keywords: mycobacteria。 crystalline keratopathyNon-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) or atypical mycobacterial keratitis is an uncommon condition causing indol...

摘要：lacrimal gland。 Erdheim-Chester disease。 adult onset asthmaWe report three cases of adult lacrimal gland xanthoganulomatous disease that demonstrate the spectrum of this disorder and provide insi...

摘要：eduAccepted for publication 1 April 2005Keywords: ophthalmomyiasisOphthalmomyiasis, maggot or fly larvae infestation of the eye, is a rare condition that can have variable presentation depending on...