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Meta-analysis of HLA B27 associated acute anterior uveitis
A literature-based meta-analysis was carried out to look at the various clinical features associated with HLA- B27 acute anterior uveitis (AAU). After an extensive search of literature for HLA B27 uveitis was conducted, 735 results were obtained. Twenty-nine articles were...
Choroideremia in women
The authors report a questionnaire-based study of female carriers of choroideremia, an X-linked inherited chorioretinal dystrophy. As an X-linked condition the full clinical features are predominantly seen in men but a proportion of women suffer some morbidity, likely due to...
Low dose steroids with elevated IgG4 levels
This is a retrospective case series review of 28 biopsy-proven IgG4-related ophthalmic disease (ROD) patients treated between March 2010 – January 2017 from Seoul, Korea. The mean follow-up period was 27.3 months. Lacrimal glands were involved in all patients and...
Ultra-widefield fundus autofluorescence
The authors assessed the ease and utility of ultra-widefield fundus autofluorescence (UWF-FAF) in detecting suspected inherited retinal disease in children who were difficult to examine. They aimed to assess the sensitivity of UWF-FAF and UWF-CF (colour fundus) photography and clinical...
Acanthamoeba keratitis
This is a retrospective case series on medical records and corneal photographs of 40 eyes of 35 patients with acanthamoeba keratitis (AK, culture positive or with histopathological diagnosis). The mean age of onset was 30 ±15 years (younger in females)....In conversation with Robert Henderson
Revolutionary eye treatments offer hope for children facing blindness from CLN2 batten disease. Robert Henderson discusses this, and his use of Heidelberg Engineering’s Spectralis device to better combat it. Pioneering research from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and the University...Life in the glaucoma laboratory
When people ask me what life in the laboratory is really like, I often pause. On one hand, it is the romantic notion of pushing back the boundaries of science with the daily rhythm of experiments, data and easily obtained...Orbis named winner of 2023 Amazon Web Services IMAGINE grant for non-profits
Orbis will work with Amazon's cloud computing arm to expand access to artificial intelligence-assisted eye screenings in Asia and Africa.
Froben for anterior scleritis
Flurbiprofen (Froben) is one of the nonselective cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors blocking both COX-1 and COX-2 pathways. Agrawal et al. undertook a retrospective cohort study to determine the effectiveness of oral Froben in managing noninfectious, non-necrotising anterior scleritis. One hundred and...Moorfields: TED series - September
National meeting series on thyroid eye diseaseUK Eye Genetics Group (UK-EGG) 2024
by Mohammed Aslam, FY 3 Doctor, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Founded in 2002, the UK EGG provides a hub to share knowledge on inherited eye disease and train the next generation of clinicians and scientists. This year’s...
