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    Lower Eyelid Contour in Graves Orbitopathy

    Purpose: The aim of the present study was to analyze quantitively the lower lid contour of patients with Graves orbitopathy. Methods: Bézier curves were manually adjusted to the...
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    Purpose: To analyze the use of deviation maps (DevMs) to understand thickness changes of inner retinal layers in optical coherence tomography (OCT) data. To test a new visual...
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    Riluzole- and Resveratrol-Induced Delay of Retinal Ganglion Cell Death in an ...

    Purpose: To evaluate the effects of the neuroprotective agents riluzole and resveratrol on the survival of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) when administered alone or in...
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    To determine the trends in epidemiological data in patients with neovascular glaucoma (NVG) in Taiwan. The data were obtained from the 2016 version of the Longitudinal Health...
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    Association between Exposure to Smartphones and Ocular Health in Adolescents

    Purpose: Smartphone use has dramatically increased in recent years. Smartphones may have adverse health effects, particularly on the eyes, because users stare at the screen for...
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    Transient Increase of Wavefront Aberrations after Horizontal Rectus Muscle Su...

    Aims: Wavefront aberration (WA) has become one of the important indicators for measuring the visual quality. Whether strabismus surgery affects the WA remain controversial. This...
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    Performance of Topological Perception in the Myopic Population

    Purpose: Discriminating objects’ topological property (TP) is a primitive function of visual representation, which is reported to be associated with magnocellular (M) visual...
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    We aimed to determine long-term visual and anatomical outcomes among patients with center involving-diabetic macular edema and good vision and evaluate factors associated with...
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    Canthal cutdown for emergent treatment of orbital compartment syndrome

    This article evaluates the use of a “canthal cutdown” technique in orbital compartment syndrome in a cadaveric model. Twelve cadaver orbits were used to simulate orbital...
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    Mapping standard ophthalmic outcome sets to metrics currently reported in eig...

    Background To determine alignment of proposed international standard outcomes sets for ophthalmic conditions to metrics currently reported by eye hospitals. Methods Mixed...
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    An Ashkenazi Jewish founder mutation in CACNA1F causes retinal phenotype in b...

    Background: Mutations in CACNA1F have been mainly associated with X-linked incomplete congenital stationary night blindness (icCSNB). Variable phenotypic expression in females...
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    Programme choice for perimetry in neurological conditions (PoPiN): a systemat...

    Background Visual field loss occurs frequently in neurological conditions and perimetry is commonly requested for patients with suspected or known conditions. There are...
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    Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-...

    Purpose: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe, irreversible vision loss in older adults. Evidence for an association between AMD and mortality...
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    Changes in Visual Function in the Elderly Population in the United States: 19...

    ABSTRACTPurpose: To document recent trends in visual function among the United States population aged 70+ years and investigate how the trends can be explained by inter-temporal...
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    Severe Ocular Inflammation Following Ranibizumab or Aflibercept Injections fo...

    Purpose: Intravitreal injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents including ranibizumab and aflibercept are used to treat patients with ocular disorders...
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    Purpose: The increasing prevalence of high myopia and its associated pathologies has raised challenges to ophthalmic services. This project aims to explore the onset and...
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    Segmentation error in spectral domain optical coherence tomography measures o...

    Background Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging is being increasingly used in clinical practice for the monitoring of papilloedema. The aim is to characterise the extent...
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    Ocular complications and prophylactic strategies in Stickler syndrome: a syst...

    Stickler syndrome is a collagenopathy caused by mutations in the genes COL2A1 (STL1) or COL11A1 (STL2). Affected patients manifest ocular, auditory, articular, and craniofacial...
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    dedup_wf_001--2749a74c44b67dc83838c5e274788c2d

    Background: The aim was to summarize and discuss the current knowledge about genetic factors influencing the reduction of central corneal thickness (CCT) in disorders affecting...
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    Ultraviolet radiation and incidence of cataracts in a nationwide US cohort

    Purpose: We examine the risk of cataract and cataract surgery with measures of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure and UVR sensitivity in a large, nationwide population of...