Ocular hypertension secondary to obesity: cortisol, the missing piece of the pathophysiological puzzle?
Journal Title: International Journal of Ophthalmology - Year 2019, Vol 12, Issue 6
Abstract
Letter to the Editor
Authors and Affiliations
Andrej Belančić
Analysis of the causative factors related to earlier emulsification of silicone oil
The aim of this study is to report and analyze the factors related with earlier occurrence of silicone oil (SO) emulsification in patients underwent pars plana vitrectomy and SO injection in our hospital. We retrospectiv...
Clinical and experimental study on angiopoietin-like protein 8 associated with proliferative diabetic retinopathy
"AIM: To confirm the role of angiopoietin-like protein 8 (Angptl 8) in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). METHODS: The sera and aqueous humor of 10 PDR patients and 10 non-diabetic retinopathy (NDR) patients (idio...
Ocular penetration of topically applied 1% tigecycline in a rabbit model
"AIM: To evaluate ocular penetration of topically applied 1% tigecycline. METHODS: Forty-two New Zealand White rabbits were divided into 3 groups. A 50 μL drop of 1% tigecycline was administered in group 1. In groups 2 a...
The role of elastic fibers in pathogenesis of conjunctivochalasis
The PubMed, MEDLINE databases and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) were searched for information regarding the etiology and pathogenesis of conjunctivochalasis (CCh) and the synthesis and degradation of ela...
Transfer of single dose of intravitreal injection of ranibizumab and bevacizumab into milk of sheep
"AIM: To investigate whether single-dose intravitreal injections of bevacizumab and ranibizumab transfer into milk. METHODS: This study included lactating 12 sheep and a single 3-month old suckling lamb of each sheep. Tw...