British Journal of Ophthalmology

Systemic and ocular associated factors for pathologic myopia in a highly myopic Chinese population: findings from the Wenzhou pathologic myopia study

Aims This study aimed to explore ocular and systemic factors associated with pathologic myopia in patients with high myopia ...
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Ocular injuries following the pager explosion mass casualty event in Lebanon: a large single-centre case series

Background/Aims On 17 September 2024, over 3000 pager devices containing explosives were remotely detonated across Lebanon in ...
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Severe visual loss and ocular complications after intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma

Background Retinoblastoma (RB) treatment aims to ensure survival, globe preservation and visual function. Intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC) has improved globe salvage, but there remains limited ...
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The correlation of phenylephrine 1% with hydroxyamphetamine 1% in Horner’s syndrome

Correspondence to: Associate professor Helen V Danesh-Meyer Department of Ophthalmology, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand; h.daneshmeyerauckland.ac.mz Pharmacological ...
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The number of ophthalmologists in practice and training worldwide: a growing gap despite more than 200 000 practitioners

Background/aims To assess the current number of ophthalmologists practicing worldwide in 2010 and to create a system for maintaining, collecting and improving the accuracy of data on ophthalmologists ...
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How big is the burden of visual loss caused by age related macular degeneration in the United Kingdom?

1 Department of Public Health Sciences, St George’s Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK 2 Centre for Ageing and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, ...
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Nuclear cataract and myopia during hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

The effect on the human lens of prolonged hyperbaric oxygen therapy is reported. Eye examinations were given to 25 patients before, during, and after a series of 150 or more exposures to hyperbaric ...
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The clinical features of albinism and their correlation with visual evoked potentials

Aim: To investigate the relation between the clinical and electrophysiological abnormalities of patients undergoing visual evoked potential investigation for albinism. Methods: 40 subjects with a ...
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The Newcastle Control Score: a new method of grading the severity of intermittent distance exotropia

1 Orthoptic Department and Children’s Eye Clinic, Eye Department, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 2 School of Neurology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University ...
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Visual recovery after retinal detachment with macula-off: is surgery within the first 72 h better than after?

Aims To investigate the influence of lag time between the onset of central visual acuity loss and surgical intervention of macula-off retinal detachment. Methods This retrospective case series ...
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Impact of anxiety and depression on progression to glaucoma among glaucoma suspects

Correspondence to Felipe A Medeiros, Visual Performance Laboratory, Duke Eye Center and Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University, 2310 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA; felipe.medeiros{at}duke.edu ...
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Effects of the re-esterified triglyceride (rTG) form of omega-3 supplements on dry eye following cataract surgery

4 Health Sciences and Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06355, Korea (the Republic of) Correspondence to Dong Hui Lim, ...