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STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to determine, employing non-invasive procedures, the prevalence of age related macular degeneration in persons 50 years of age and over. DESIGN A clinical investigation and a retrospective examination of ophthalmological records were employed in this study. SETTING The study was conducted over the period 1988 to 1990 in the Western Metropolitan Health Region of N...

INTRODUCTION To describe the ophthalmological conditions seen in children adopted internationally by Spanish families, and to assess the influence of the world region of origin and the preadoption period of institutional care on these conditions. MATERIAL AND METHODS A descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study was conducted on 232 children divided into 4 groups according to world regi...

PURPOSE To determine if screening for major ophthalmological diseases is feasible within the frame of routine occupational medicine examinations in a large working population. METHODS 13037 employees of Evonik Industries aged 40 to 65 years were invited to be screened for major ophthalmological diseases (glaucoma, age related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy between June 2007 and...

A correspondence between Youden's index for rating diagnostic tests and the log-likelihood ratio of a positive test outcome is illustrated by data calculated from two previously-published studies of binary tests.

BACKGROUND Egypt has one of the highest prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) worldwide. Ophthalmological side effects are recognized complications of interferon (IFN) therapy. This study aimed to evaluate IFN-induced ophthalmological manifestations in patients receiving PEGylated interferon (PEG IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) and to assess the effect of IFN duration, response and systemic risk facto...

Purpose We aimed to present the ophthalmic manifestations of neuro-metabolic disorders. Methods Patients who were diagnosed with neuro-metabolic disorders in the Neurology Department of Mofid Pediatric Hospital in Tehran, Iran, between 2004 and 2014 were included in this study. Disorders were confirmed using clinical findings, neuroimaging, laboratory data, and genomic analyses. All enrolled ...