Claire Howard

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: Neuro-Ophthalmology

Latest Contribution

Using contrast acuity and rapid number naming in Huntington’s disease

4 February 2021 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Huntington disease, King-Devick test, contrast sensitivity, eye movements, saccades

This study aimed to evaluate afferent and efferent visual function in Huntington’s disease (HD). HD is often portrayed by abnormal saccadic eye movements and afferent visual pathway involvement however these are poorly characterised and difficult to quantify at the bedside....

Pupil responses in diabetes

4 February 2021 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Diabetes mellitus, Diabetic retinopathy, dynamic pupillometry, pupil diameter, static pupillometry

This study aimed to investigate pupillary involvement in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and to evaluate any relationship between severity of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and pupillary responses. Participants included 133 individuals in four groups: proliferative DR (n=21), non-proliferative...

A case study of posterior globe flattening in idiopathic intracranial hypertension

7 December 2020 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Papilloedema, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, magnetic resonance imaging, raised intracranial pressure

The authors present a single case of posterior globe flattening without papilloedema in idiopathic intracranial hypertension. The case was a 64-year-old woman with a one-year history of transient visual loss in her left eye only. Visual acuity was 20/20 in...