PURPOSE To investigate the effect of alkylphosphocholines (APCs) on human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) attachment, spreading, migration, and microfilament assembly in vitro. METHODS Cultured RPE cells of five human donors were treated with one of four APCs (C18:1-PC, C20:1-PC, C21:1-PC, or C22:1-PC) in the presence of fetal calf serum. Cell viability was tested by the trypan blue exclusio...

aim and background: insecure attachment style is one of the important effective factors in many mental disorders. the aim of this study was to compare the positive, negative and disorganized schizotypal characteristics in secure, avoidance and anxiety attachment patterns among students of tabriz university, iran. methods and materials: in this cross-sectional descriptive study 300 students (150...

Abstract Background: Imaging is an important tool for diagnosis of hypertension and diabetes all physicians. In the US, 300 million smartphones were purchased in 2019. Purpose: A smartphone-based ophthalmoscope fundus imaging was compared to office based retina camera evaluate average time spent on each device. Methods: Inclusion criteria: Patients with 20/20-20/50 vision, informed consent obta...

forgiveness and empathy are factors which are influential in improving the relationships between people, themselves can be affected by various factors in turn. the purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between the styles of attachment to god and forgiveness and empathy among female students in the city of qom. 250 students were selected from the city of qom by cluster sam...

purpose : to investigate the risk factors and causes for blindness in behcet’s disease (bd). methods : in this preliminary retrospective case series we have investigated 27 bd patients (54 eyes), legally blind (vision 0.1 or less) at least in one eye at the last visit (2006), and compared them with 54 eyes of 27 non-blind patients (control group), matched individually and consequently in terms ...

Introduction: The purpose of this work is to study the efficacy preoperative intravitreal administration bevacizumab as an adjunct vitrectomy in patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR). Methods: This retrospective comparative was performed on 118 eyes (118 patients) proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), which underwent surgery at Department Eye Disease Zarifa Aliyeva National...