1Synaptic Physiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA 2Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA 3Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China ...

Objective: To evaluate whether single-field fundus photography can be used as a screening tool to identify diabetic retinopathy for referral for further ophthalmic care. Methods: A MEDLINE search of the peer-reviewed literature was conducted in June 2001 for the years 1968 to 2001 and updated in September 2003, yielding 145 articles. The search was limited to articles published in English. The ...

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a disease of abnormal blood vessel proliferation in the retina, is estimated to account for approximately 20% of cases of pediatric blindness worldwide. Guidelines set by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus outline criteria for the screening and treatm...

OBJECTIVE To review the published literature on deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) to compare DALK with penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for the outcomes of best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA), refractive error, immune graft rejection, and graft survival. METHODS Searches of the peer-reviewed literature were conducted in the PubMed and the Cochrane Library databases. The searc...

The growth of specialty practice in the health professions is directly linked to advancements in medical science during the early 1900s. Although these advancements resulted in improved delivery of care, there was not yet a system in place to assure the public, not to mention the medical profession, that someone claiming to be a specialist was indeed qualified. The concept of a specialty board ...

Here we present the first results of a search for new optical supernova remnant candidates and other filamentary objects on films produced by the Anglo-Australian Observatory/UK Schmidt Telescope Há Survey. Sixty-one fields, or 26% of the Galactic plane survey fields, have been visually examined. This has resulted in the detection of four newlarge diameter filamentary structures, and the discov...

We brieey describe technical aspects and speciications of the new UKST H interference lter which is probably the largest of its kind available in astronomy. Preliminary exposures show that the lter gives excellent imaging with high overall transmission and uniformity at H wavelengths. This is achieved over a circular area of about 305 mm diameter or about 5.7 degrees (the so called`clear apertu...

Purpose: To describe the prevalence of hyperopia and associated factors in a representative sam Australian schoolchildren 6 and 12 years old. Design: Population-based cross-sectional study. Participants: Schoolchildren ages 6 (n 1765) and 12 (n 2353) from 55 randomly selected schools acr Sydney. Methods: Detailed eye examinations included cycloplegic autorefraction, ocular biometry, cover testi...

The claim that Derrick T. Vail Sr, MD, was the innovator behind the formation of the American Board of Ophthalmology rests on an interpretation of a single paragraph in a speech he delivered in 1908. Using the technique of historical literary criticism, we identified fundamental flaws in this interpretation based on a misunderstanding of the context of the speech and his intent. Historical revi...