(1) Department of Medicine, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA, USA Abstract “Flexner’s serum” had a significant and dramatic impact on the uniformly poor prognosis associated with meningococcal meningitis in the…
(1) Department of Medicine, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA, USA Abstract Each year millions of Muslims make their way to Mecca, the birthplace of Islam’s prophet Muhammad and site of…
(1) Department of Medicine, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA, USA Abstract As human civilizations began to flourish, so did the infectious diseases that afflicted them. Over time, an understanding of…
(1) Department of Medicine, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA, USA Abstract As the nineteenth century gave way to the twentieth, the dramatic revolution in microbiology engendered by the work of…
53 Complications of Pharmacotherapy Matteo Forlini Gian Maria Cavallini Luca Campi Virgilio Morales-Canton Paolo Rossini Adriana Bratu Cesare Forlini Giuseppe Di Stefano INTRODUCTION Pharmacological therapy of ocular diseases comprises…
18 23-Gauge Vitrectomy Veronica Kon-Jara Hugo Quiroz-Mercado Fabio Patelli Kirk H. Packo After introduction by Fujii et al. (1) of 25-gauge vitreoretinal surgical advances in recent years, Eckardt et…
21 Laser Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy (Clinically Significant and Diffuse Macular Edema: Fundamentals of the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study) Yukihiro Sato Macular edema is the most common cause…
35 Ranibizumab (Ranibizumab) in the Treatment of Wet Macular Degeneration Monica Rodriguez-Fontal D. Virgil Alfaro III John B. Kerrison INTRODUCTION Pathologic angiogenesis and vascular leakage have been recognized as…
50 Idiopathic Central Serous Retinopathy Carlos A. Moreira Jr. Juan Ignacio Verdaguer Juan V. Espinoza J. Fernando Arevalo Idiopathic central serous retinopathy (ICSR), also called central serous chorioretinopathy or…
