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 ...

AIMS To evaluate the efficacy of amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) for ocular surface reconstruction. METHODS 10 consecutive patients who underwent AMT were included. The indications were: group ...

Mr Michael O’ Keefe, The Children’s Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin 1, Ireland. AIMS/BACKGROUND Pharmacological penalisation of non-amblyopic eyes is an infrequently used alternative to occlusion for ...

1 Glaucoma Research Unit, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London EC1V 2PD, UK 2 Department of Research and Development, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London EC1V 2PD, UK Correspondence to: D F Garway-Heath MD, ...

Aims To investigate the relationship between quantitative iris parameters and angle closure disease. Methods Participants with angle closure were recruited prospectively from glaucoma clinics.

The most common cause of bilateral and unilateral exophthalmus among adults is Graves’ disease. Unilateral exophthalmus, although frequently seen in connection with thyroid diseases, has a much larger ...

Background: Cataract remains the leading cause of global blindness. Evidence from population-based surveys, carried out up to 2000, and the launch of the VISION 2020 initiative to address avoidable ...

2 Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India Gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy (GDLD) is a rare autosomal recessive form of corneal dystrophy ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS During the healing of corneal epithelial wounds with limbal involvement, conjunctival epithelium often migrates across the denuded limbus to cover the corneal surface. It is believed ...

2 L V Prasad Eye Institute, Brien Holden Eye Research Center, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India 3 L V Prasad Eye Institute, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India Correspondence to Dr Savitri Sharma, L V ...

1 School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China 2 First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, ...

Correspondence to: MrParwez Hossain University of Southampton, Eye Unit, MP104, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK; parwez{at}soton.ac.uk Anterior segment imaging is ...