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Factors associated with blindness three months following treatment for acute primary angle glaucoma

2 Department of Ophthalmology, 1st Hospital of Shijiazhuang, Shijiazhuang, China Aims To study the risk factors associated with blindness after treatment of acute primary angle closure (APAC), and to ...
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Refractive adaptation in amblyopia: quantification of effect and implications for practice

Correspondence to: Dr Catherine Stewart Department of Visual Neuroscience, Imperial College London, Charing Cross Campus, Margravine Road, London W6 8RP, UK; c.stewartimperial.ac.uk Aim: To describe ...
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Diagnostic anterior chamber paracentesis in uveitis: a safe procedure?

Department of Ophthalmology, F C Donders Institute, University Hospital Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands A Van der Lelij, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Utrecht, PO Box 85500, ...
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Development and validation of a deep learning system to screen vision-threatening conditions in high myopia using optical coherence tomography images

Correspondence to Professor Haotian Lin, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China; linht5{at}mail.sysu.edu.cn; Mrs Lanqin Zhao; zhaolq7{at}mail.sysu.edu.cn Background/aims ...
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Tractional retinal detachment following intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) in patients with severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Aims: The aim of this study was to report the development or progression of tractional retinal detachment (TRD) after the injection of intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) used as an adjuvant to ...
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Objectively measured near work, outdoor exposure and myopia in children

Correspondence to Professor Zhikuan Yang, Aier School of Ophthalmology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; 13380071988{at}189.cn; Weizhong Lan; lanweizhong{at}aierchina.com Aim To ...
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Adverse ocular effects associated with niacin therapy.

In a retrospective survey of patients taking medication for hyperlipidaemia, those taking niacin (nicotinic acid) were more likely (p < 0.05) to report sicca syndromes, blurred vision, eyelid oedema, ...
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Global prevalence of amblyopia and disease burden projections through 2040: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Correspondence to Professor Hu Liu, the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; liuhu{at}njmu.edu.cn and Professor Chen-Wei Pan, Medical College of Soochow ...
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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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Is 6 months of stable angle of strabismus enough to perform surgery in patients with strabismus related to thyroid ophthalmopathy?

1 Department of Ophthalmology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 3 ...
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The number of people with glaucoma worldwide in 2010 and 2020

Aim: To estimate the number of people with open angle (OAG) and angle closure glaucoma (ACG) in 2010 and 2020. Methods: A review of published data with use of prevalence models. Data from population ...
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Psychological comorbidity in glaucoma: prevalence and impact of anxiety and depression

Purpose To assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression among individuals diagnosed with glaucoma, using standardised psychometric instruments, to define factors associated with these psychological ...