Purpose To review the diagnostic categories of a group of conditions referred to as “primary acquired melanosis.” Design Literature review on the subject and proposal of an alternative diagnostic schema…
Elsewhere in this issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology , my esteemed teacher, mentor, and colleague, Dr Frederick (Fred) Jakobiec, presents the case for changing the naming convention applied…
The Editorial Board of the american journal of ophthalmology gratefully acknowledges the contributions of these scientific reviewers to the integrity, accuracy, and quality of the journal . These reviewers generously…
Not long after Alexander Fleming recognized its laboratory effect on plates of beef broth, penicillin cured the ophthalmia neonatorum of several infants and the pneumococcal conjunctival contamination of a patient with…
The AJO encourages authors to report the visual acuity in the manuscript using the same nomenclature that was used in gathering the data provided they were recorded in one of…
Abstract: Ocular surface disease (OSD) is a very common disorder, which affects millions of Americans (Online access: http://www.cmeelsevier.com/552 ). OSD affects the cornea, conjunctiva, eye lids, meibomian glands, or pre-ocular…
I read the article “Association Between Choroidal Thickness and Metabolic Activity on Positron Emission Tomography in Eyes With Choroidal Melanoma” with great interest. The authors have reported increases in submacular…
