Purpose To evaluate the associations between omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFAs) and other dietary factors with ...

Backgrounds/aims Any association of secondhand smoke (SHS) with refractive astigmatism (RA) and corneal astigmatism (CA) ...

Background Retinoblastoma is the most common intraocular tumour in children. This study aimed to assess the visual outcomes and risk factors leading to visual impairment in children with ...

Footnotes Contributors Both authors were involved in writing the manuscript. Dr MLR wrote the first draft and Dr JJD edited and finalised it. Dr JJD is the guarantor. Funding National Eye Institute ...

Drusen are focal deposits of extracellular material located between the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and Bruch's membrane and represent the major phenotypic characteristic of age-related macular ...

Purpose To explore the association between early response of different lesions and the number of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) injections in neovascular age-related macular ...

Background In the developed countries, uveal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults. Little is known about the epidemiological and geographical distribution of uveal ...

Ocular burns constitute true ocular emergencies and both thermal and chemical burns represent potentially blinding ocular injuries. Thermal burns result from accidents associated with firework ...

Tears have antimicrobial, nourishing, mechanical, and optical properties. They contain components such as growth factors, fibronectin, and vitamins to support proliferation, migration, and ...

AIMS To document the phenotype of an autosomal dominant macular dystrophy diagnosed as having North Carolina macular dystrophy (NCMD) in this British family, and to verify that the disease locus ...

Background/aims To assess the current number of ophthalmologists practicing worldwide in 2010 and to create a system for maintaining, collecting and improving the accuracy of data on ophthalmologists ...