Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is still referred to as the leading cause of severe and irreversible visual loss world-wide. The disease has a profound effect on quality of life of affected ...

Aim: To investigate the correlation between retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness and optic nerve head (ONH) size in normal white subjects by means of optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods: ...

AIMS To report the clinical findings and visual outcome of patients with extended wear contact lens (EWCL) related bacterial keratitis. METHODS 11 cases with EWCL related bacterial keratitis were ...

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 ...

AIM X linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) has two genetic loci known as “RP2” and “RP3”. Clinical features reported to differentiate RP2 from RP3 include a higher prevalence of myopia and primary cone ...

Setting: 37 secondary schools in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Participants: Distance visual acuity was measured in 6,904 year-1 students (90.2% response rate; median age 14 years; range 11–25 years) using ...

1 Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, USA, and Department of Ophthalmology, University of Essen, Essen, Germany 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, USA 3 ...

Department of Opthalmology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands. AIMS/BACKGROUND: The connective tissue system of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle (LPS) consists of the septa ...

2 Center for Public Health, Institute of Environmental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Correspondence to Dr Christian Simader, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of ...

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Save Sight Institute and Department of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Dr Conway, Department of Clinical Ophthalmology, GPO Box 4337, Sydney 2001, Australia ...

Aim To examine the relationship between retinal vascular morphology and cognitive abilities in a narrow-age cohort of community-dwelling older people. Methods Digital retinal images taken at age ∼73 ...