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MPH treatment effect in ADHD on choroidal vascular index

In this study the authors aimed to investigate the choroidal vascular index (CVI) in treatment-free children with ADHD, children regularly taking methylphenidate (MPH) and healthy controls. This was a prospective cross-sectional study of 52 patients with newly diagnosed ADHD, 46...

Efficacy of augmented-dosed surgery versus botulinum toxin A injection for acute acquired concomitant esotropia

This is a retrospective study of 104 patients diagnosed with acute acquired concomitant esotropia (AACE) between 2020 and 2022. Potential factors that influence the dose-response of bilateral medial rectus recession (MRec) and the rate and risk factors for ACCE relapse...

Bardet Biedl refractive error

This is a retrospective cross-sectional study of 45 patients with genetically diagnosed Bardet Biedl syndrome. Patients with biallelic defects in any gene known to cause Bardet Biedl syndrome were eligible for inclusion. Patients underwent cycloplegic refraction and keratometry. The mean...

Covid-19 ophthalmopathy

Ocular involvement is not uncommon in patients with Covid-19. However, the incidence of Covid-19 ophthalmopathy is unclear. The authors present a prospective case series including 2445 consecutive cases presenting at a neuro-ophthalmology clinic during the last resurgence of SARS-CoV-2 infection....

A practical approach to uveitis screening in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

The multinational Interdisciplinary Working Group for Uveitis in Children consists of 10 paediatric rheumatologists and five paediatric ophthalmologists with expertise in paediatric uveitis. They identified a simplified screening recommendation to enable local eyecare professionals (ECPs) to screen children with juvenile...

Keratoconus prevalence in astigmatic adolescents

The authors from Israel performed a cross-sectional study of 896,377 adolescents aged 16–20 years who underwent refraction and topography/tomography between 2011 and 2022. A total of 1886 (0.21%) were diagnosed with keratoconus with increasing astigmatism level being strongly associated with...

Clinical characteristics and visual outcome of patients with macular pseudohole

This is a retrospective study of consecutive patients with macular pseudohole (MPH) who had vitrectomy and were followed for at least 6 months postoperatively. MPH was diagnosed based on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings. 76 eyes of 75 patients...

Genetic cause for idiopathic foveal hypoplasia

The authors present a small cohort study of 19 patients with idiopathic foveal hypoplasia diagnosed based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) features. Peripheral blood samples from all 19 patients underwent next-generation sequencing and 33 genes known to be involved in...