purpose: to determine the prevalence of ocular manifestations in marfan’s syndrome. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 43 patients referred to ophthalmology clinics of yazd medical university over 27 months. common ocular manifestations of marfan’s syndrome including lens dislocation, corneal disorders, retinal conditions, glaucoma were evaluated. results: the study included 2...

background: behcet syndrome is a recurrent inflammatory disorder that frequently involves the ocular system. the purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of ocular involvement in cases of behcet's disease in babol, north of iran. methods: from april 2003 to december 2009, 100 cases of behcet's disease who were admitted at the department of ophthalmology and internal medici...

purpose : to review current knowledge about ocular effects of sulfur mustard (sm) and the associated histopathologic findings and clinical manifestations methods : literature review of medical articles (human and animal studies) was accomplished using pubmed, scopus and isi databases. a total of 274 relevant articles in english were retrieved and reviewed thoroughly. results : eyes are the most...

 Background: Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multi-system inflammatory vascular disorder with auto immunity background. It is a genetic disease that may be affected by environmental factors. Behçet’s disease may involve different organs like urogenital, skin, eyes and gastrointestinal system. According to geographic area and genetic predisposition, prevalence of the disease is different. The aim of...

In developing a drug delivery strategy, issues of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination must be considered. The eye presents unique opportunities and challenges when it comes to the delivery of pharmaceuticals. While absorption by this route is bungling, there are few side effects with conventional ocular dosage forms. Hence, ocular inserts were prepared with prolonged release o...

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