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Elevated risk of mood disorders after recurrent retinal detachment

1 December 2022 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | Epidemiology, Gender, Major depression disorder, Mood disorder, Retinal detachment

This study was aimed to investigate the risk of mood disorders in patients who experienced retinal detachment (RD) by using the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. A total of 4129 participants diagnosed with RD and 16,516 non-RD individuals...

Gender and ethnicity related differences in optic nerve head

1 December 2014 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Gender and ethnicity, OCT, healthy optic nerve

The authors investigated the effect of ethnicity and gender on optic nerve head morphology comparing Indian and Caucasian males and females. The optic nerve head was investigated using spectral-domain optic coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Results showed that disc and rim areas...