Purpose To evaluate the safety and potential efficacy of gevokizumab, an anti-interleukin 1β (IL-1β) monoclonal antibody, in the treatment of active, noninfectious, non-necrotizing anterior scleritis. Design Phase 1/2, open label,…
Purpose To identify a screening strategy for dry eye patients with a high likelihood of having Sjogren syndrome (SS) through the evaluation of the association of ocular surface tests with…
Purpose To report the outcomes of full ophthalmic examination for preschool children in LA County who failed screening with the Retinomax Autorefractor. Design Retrospective, cross-sectional study. Methods Between August 2012…
Purpose To evaluate the prevalence of keratoconus (KC) and other corneal abnormalities by means of videokeratography and tomography in a large series of patients affected by vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC). Design…
Purpose To determine whether early visual acuity response to ranibizumab in diabetic macular edema is associated with long-term outcome. Design Post hoc analysis of randomized controlled trial data. Methods Pooled…
Purpose Longstanding corneal edema can lead to anterior stromal scarring that may limit visual acuity following Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK). The ideal time to perform DSEK to prevent permanent…
Purpose To report the clinical settings, microbiological isolates, and best-corrected visual acuities (BCVA) of patients with persistently culture-positive exogenous fungal endophthlamitis. Design Retrospective consecutive case series. Methods Setting : Tertiary…
Purpose Diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of irreversible vision loss. Recent studies have suggested that myopia may be negatively correlated with the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy. We sought to…
Purpose To determine visual acuity (VA) and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) outcomes with intravitreal ranibizumab for diabetic macular edema (DME) in a United Kingdom National Health Service clinical setting….
Purpose To quantify the temporal properties of the acquired vitelliform lesion (AVL) life cycle, define the clinical characteristics of choroidal neovascularization (NV) in this setting, and determine the predictors of…
