recently multiple studies have shown that elevated homocysteine levels may be associated with ophthalmic vascular disease. to investigate the role of high plasma levels of homocysteine in the patients with retinal vein occlusion, 21 patients with retinal vein occlusion (rvo) and 20 age and sex matched controls without rvo were included in this retrospective case–control study. information regar...

The term “mid-term break” is frequently attributed to the half at schools—a short vacation season for students. However, as one of Irish poet Seamus Heaney’s poem, it represents a new period, characteristic transition from situation another. Through this autobiographical poem narrating his brother Christopher's death, Heaney presents moment which may happen anyone, far away emotions possible, w...

purpose : to determine the association between retinal vascular diameter and its branching angles with diabetic retinopathy (dr) stages in diabetic patients methods : a descriptive analytic cross-sectional study was conducted in 62 diabetic patients (120 eyes) referred to farabi eye hospital between june 2008 and december 2009. digital fundus photography pictures were imported into photoshop so...

purpose: to evaluate the anatomical and functional outcomes of using heavy silicone oil as an internal tamponade for complicated cases of retinal detachment associated with proliferative vitreoretinopathy involving inferior retinal quadrants methods: 55 eyes from 55 patients with complicated retinal detachments enrolled in this interventional case series study. all eyes underwent standard three...

It has been suggested that existing estimates of the long-run impact of a surprise move in income may have a substantial upward bias due to the presence of a trend break in 1970s (1350s) and 1980s (1360s) gross domestic product (contained oil) data of Iran. This article shows that the statistical evidence does not warrant abandoning the no-trend-break null hypothesis at the 5% significance leve...