Imaging of Muller cell sheen dystrophy

Familial Muller cell sheen dystrophy associated with congenital color vision deficiency

A coincidence of Muller cell sheen dystrophy (MCSD) and congenital color vision deficiency in a 36 years old man is presented in this case report. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 1.0 in both eyes. He failed to read Ishihara color plates (0/13 in both eyes). Dilated fundus examination showed bilateral wrinkled glistening inner retinal surface at the posterior pole. In the macular images ...

Electrophysiological evaluation of visual loss in Müller cell sheen dystrophy.

AIMS To describe the clinical picture and electrophysiological findings in Müller cell sheen dystrophy, a recently reported retinal dystrophy. METHOD A basic ophthalmological evaluation as well as recording of standard electro-oculography and electroretinography were performed in one patient at the onset of visual loss and after 1 year of follow up. RESULTS A 61 year old woman presented wit...

Alfred Sheen

Shape from Sheen

Introduction Glossy surfaces are everywhere. If you stand in a typical bathroom and look around, you'll see that most of the surfaces surrounding you are lustrous or glossy. Glazed tiles, gleaming faucets, polished basins and plastic shampoo bottles are all peppered with specular highlights. Given that highlights are so common it seems plausible that the visual system might somehow be able to m...

An interview with Jen Sheen.

Jen Sheen grew up in a sugarcane plantation community in a rural area next to the city Pinton in southern Taiwan. The sweet scent in the air and the lush tropical plants in her parents’ gardens were important childhood influences for her choice of studying botany as an undergraduate at National Taiwan University (NTU) and for her unconventional research path studying sugar sensing and signaling...