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Is there an association between dry eye disease and depression and anxiety?
1 April 2015
| Efrosini Papagiannuli
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
Dry eye disease is a widespread ocular surface condition (prevalence 5.5-33.7%) that has been previously linked to systemic diseases, such as Sjogren, rheumatoid arthritis and more recently possibly also depression, in small population-based studies. The authors’ aim was to investigate...
Association between diabetes mellitus and dry eye disease
1 April 2020
| Patty Mopamboli Mboli
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is currently one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the United States. It is estimated that 12.3% of Americans suffer from DM. In this study the authors compare between dry eye and diabetes mellitus among a...
Immunoglobulin G4-related ophthalmic disease – what is it? (Part 1)
3 February 2023
| Li Yen Goh
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Ophthalmology
Part 1: Epidemiology, classification, radiology, histopathology and associations (see Part 2 here) In this two-part series, Li Yen Goh reviews IgG4 disease and reminds us of diagnostic challenges faced. Introduction Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) disease is a recently recognised idiopathic systemic...
Genetics counsellors in inherited retinal disease clinics
3 April 2024
| Ian Reekie
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This is a questionnaire-based study from the USA of genetics counsellors with a primary role working within ophthalmology services. The purpose was to investigate the roles currently undertaken, to assess workload, and to acquire data on the experience of genetics...
Handbook of Retinal Disease: a case based approach
1 August 2016
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This book is suitable for all doctors, particularly ophthalmologists, who want to further their knowledge and understanding of retinal pathologies and keep up to date. The case-based format is effective in evoking an interactive approach to differential diagnosis. The tabulation...
Use of RAPDx device with optic nerve disease
1 August 2016
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Detection rate, optic nerve disease, relative afferent pupillary defect, standard values
The authors have previously reported on use of the RAPDx device for evaluating relative afferent pupillary defects (RAPD). RAPDx objectively determines the magnitude of RAPD by presenting light stimuli alternately to pairs of eyes with laterality. The parameters of amplitude...
Immunoglobulin G4-related ophthalmic disease – what is it? (Part 2)
3 April 2023
| Li Yen Goh
Part 2: Clinical presentation and treatment (see part 1 here) Introduction IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is understood to have a vast clinicopathological spectrum; nearly every organ has had reported involvement. Similarly, IgG4-related ophthalmic disease (IgG4-ROD) is known to affect nearly every...
An atypical presentation of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
1 August 2018
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Indocyanine green angiography, neuroretinitis, optical coherence tomography, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease
The authors present a single case of atypical presentation of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. A 42-year-old female presented with unilateral visual loss associated with systemic symptoms of fever and headache. Initial ophthalmic examination revealed a unilateral neuroretinitis, however, investigations for infectious and...
Rituximab as an immunosuppression treatment for thyroid eye disease
1 October 2015
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Biologic therapy, Graves disease, Graves orbitopathy, ophthalmopathy rituximab, thyroid-associated orbitopathy, thyroid eye disease
Thyroid eye disease is traditionally treated with high dose glucocorticosteroids and surgical orbital decompression, where responses are often inadequate. This medical treatment is centred around symptom control and reduction of thyroid hormone synthesis, not immunosuppression. Rituximab is an anti-CD20 monoclonal...
VDT use and dry eye disease in children
1 February 2015
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
There has been an increase in the amount of work performed using video display terminals. This study compared school children with and without dry eye disease and evaluated the risk factors of dry eye disease and evaluated the risk factors...
Ocular blood flow changes in Behcet disease
This study evaluates ocular blood flow changes in both ocular Behcets disease (BD) and non-ocular BD (with or without thrombotic disease) and compares these findings with a healthy control group. A total of 90 eyes with BD were evaluated with...Thyroid eye disease and obstructive sleep apnoea
1 August 2019
| James Hsuan
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
This is a retrospective study looking for an association between compressive optic neuropathy in thyroid eye disease (TED-CON) and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). One hundred and nine patients with thyroid eye disease were asked to complete a validated questionnaire designed...