Utility values in Japanese patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration.

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the efficacy of real-time PCR for the diagnosis and prognosis of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) keratitis. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective case series. METHODS:Patients: 545 consecutive patients with keratitis were examined to quantify copy numbers of VZV DNA by real-time PCR. Association of copy number...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Inata K,Miyazaki D,Uotani R,Shimizu D,Miyake A,Shimizu Y,Inoue Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical histories with emphasis on malignant disease were obtained on 1,269 first and second degree relatives of 93 probands with retinoblastoma and on 671 first and second degree relatives of 50 age-matched control children. The number of nonocular malignancies expected to occur in first and second degree relatives o...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Cohen MS,Augsburger JJ,Shields JA,Amsel J,Felberg NT

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aqueous humor during or after cataract surgery often contains red blood cells (RBCs) from blood; inflammatory cells from white blood cells (WBCs); fibrin, pigment cells, and fibroblasts from either the iris or the ciliary body; lens epithelial cells (LECs); and corneal endothelial cells. Since LECs may be related ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Majima K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: We investigated the relationship between the progression of visual field defect and clinical factors in patients with normal-tension glaucoma (NTG).Subjects and Methods: Forty-eight eyes of 48 NTG patients undergoing more than 5-year follow-up were enrolled in this study. Their visual field defects ranged bet...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Tanaka C,Yamazaki Y,Yokoyama H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Changes in optic disc and peripapillary structures associated with optic nerve edema in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), can be evaluated with spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). We aimed to evaluate the association between increased cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) opening pressure and c...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Bingöl Kızıltunç P,Atilla H

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the recovery of short-wavelength sensitivity in patients who had undergone successful reattachment of a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with macular involvement. METHODS:Postoperative assessment of the visual acuity and the visual fields by standard achromatic automated perimetry (SAP), and sh...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Sakai T,Iida K,Tanaka Y,Kohzaki K,Kitahara K

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of bilateral retinoblastoma affecting both of a pair of dizygotic twins was reported. To our knowledge, there has been only one previous report of dizygotic twins, both affected, with this disease. The present twins had no family history of retinoblastoma. They were born prematurely as extremely low birth weigh...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Amino K,Ichioka I,Ichioka H,Matsubara K,Lin YW,Ohta S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca movements in mechanical responses of the isolated sphincter and dilator muscles of the rabbit iris to some drugs were studied. D600, a Ca-blocker, was practically ineffective in doses which relax the vascular and intestinal smooth muscles, while other smooth muscle relaxants were effective on the iris muscles in th...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Takayanagi I,Kaneko M,Hisayama T

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photopic electroretinograms (ERGs) elicited with red or white flashes of various intensities under a bright background light were recorded in 119 eyes of 77 diabetic patients and 19 normal control eyes. The implicit time and amplitude of photopic ERGs were analyzed in relation to the stage of diabetic retinopathy, ie,...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Satoh S,Iijima H,Imai M,Abe K,Shibuya T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effectiveness of performing a core vitrectomy to prevent intraoperative posterior chamber pressure evaluation in eyes at high risk for development of this complication, prior to penetrating keratoplasty, extracapsular cataract extraction and posterior chamber lens (IOL) implantation. Results in 10 cas...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Shimomura Y,Hosotani H,Kiritoshi A,Watanabe H,Tano Y

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate gelatinase [matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9] expression in the tear fluid of patients with recurrent corneal erosion (RCE). METHODS:Eleven patients with RCE, three patients with traumatic corneal erosion, and 10 control individuals were enrolled in this study. Tear samples from RCE ey...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Sakimoto T,Shoji J,Yamada A,Sawa M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the effects of topical steroid instillation on central corneal thickness in eyes with bullous keratopathy (BK). STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective case series METHODS: Consecutive patients with BK who did not wish to receive corneal transplantation and were treated with 0.1% betamethasone eyedrops were incl...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ono T,Iwasaki T,Yukawa C,Mori Y,Nejima R,Tokunaga T,Amano S,Miyata K

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To confirm the intraocular dynamics of 1% deuterium (D) labeled alpha-tocopheral acetate (VEA) solution.Methods: The concentrations of D(3)-VEA and D(3)-alpha-tocopherol (VE) derived from D(3)-VEA in the aqueous humor and lens were measured after instilling 1% D(3)-VEA continuously into the cul-de-sac of rat ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Nagata M,Kawazu K,Midori Y,Kojima M,Shirasawa E,Sasaki K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate whether retinal glial cells (RGCs), which are believed to play an important role in the development and maintenance of microvessels, stimulate the proliferation of retinal bovine microvascular pericytes, an essential component of the vessels. METHODS:Conditioned medium (CM) was collected from a ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ikuno Y,Hibino S,Bando H,Kawasaki Y,Nakamura T,Tano Y

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sweet's syndrome (SS) is a skin disorder clinically characterized by fever, neutrophilia, and painful edematous plaques that occasionally causes posterior uveitis. We present two cases of SS with panuveitis resembling Behçet's disease (BD). SUBJECTS:Two patients with panuveitis associated with SS. OBSERVATION...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Matsumiya W,Kusuhara S,Yamada Y,Azumi A,Negi A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish a rat glaucoma model with chronic intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation induced by microbeads suspended in sodium sulfate-sodium hyaluronate. METHODS:Chronic elevation of IOP was induced unilaterally by injecting polystyrene microbeads, suspended in 4 % sodium sulfate and 3 % sodium hyaluronate, in...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Matsumoto Y,Kanamori A,Nakamura M,Negi A

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare endothelial damage of the donor cornea in relation to the method of inserting the donor cornea into the recipient anterior chamber during Descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). METHODS:Fifteen enucleated pig eyes were used. The donor corneoscleral buttons were mounted in an a...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hwang H,Kim M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs) can develop in patients treated with methotrexate (MTX) and usually respond well to MTX withdrawal. Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is a relatively rare type of MTX-LPD. The development of MTX-LPD in the orbit has not been previously described. We here repo...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kobayashi Y,Kimura K,Fujitsu Y,Shinkawa K,Muta H,Sonoda KH

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the spatial distribution types of macular pigment (MP) in elderly Japanese individuals and to consider their origin. STUDY DESIGN:Observational case series. METHODS:Local MP optical density (MPOD) at some eccentricities and MP volume were measured using the MPOD module of a MultiColor Spectralis ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Obana A,Gohto Y,Sasano H,Gellermann W,Sharifzadeh M,Seto T,Bernstein PS

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate dye retention in the fundus after indocyanine green (ICG)-assisted internal limiting membrane peeling. METHODS:Ten eyes with stage 3 or 4 nondiabetic idiopathic macular hole (MH group) and six eyes with diffuse diabetic macular edema (DM group) were studied. The fundus was examined with 780-nm infr...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ashikari M,Ozeki H,Tomida K,Sakurai E,Tamai K,Ogura Y

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation induced by systemic injection of endotoxin can be a good model for endogenous uveitis since ocular inflammation is induced without manipulating the eye. We carried out morphological and biochemical studies in Lewis rats to evaluate the breakdown of the blood-ocular barrier following injection of endotoxin...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Okumura A,Mochizuki M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectral sensitivity of the ERG c-wave was studied in the chicken under yellow or red light adaptation of various intensities, ie, 1, 3, 4 and 5 W/m2 at the corneal surface in the former, and 3, 4 and 5 W/m2 in the latter. The peak wavelength of the spectral sensitivity curve of the c-wave amplitude under both yel...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Takahashi K,Fukuda A,Mori T,Takahashi Y,Onoe S,Yoshimura Y,Tazawa Y

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the prevalence of superior segmental optic nerve hypoplasia in Korea. METHODS:We reviewed the fundus photographs of 3905 individuals who were 40 years old or older and who participated in the comprehensive medical examination program at the Health Promotion Center of Seoul National University Bu...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Han SB,Park KH,Kim DM,Kim TW

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) is caused by varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection. In this study, we investigated the activity of this virus and expressions of some cytokines.Patients and Methods: The expressionof VZV thymidine kinase and some cytokines were investigated by reverse transcriptase-polymerase cha...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Sato M,Abe T,Tamai M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate global protein expression profiles in the retinas of normal and glucocorticoid-induced ocular hypertensive rats by proteomic analysis. METHODS:Ocular hypertension was induced by topical application of dexamethasone (DEX) for 4 weeks. Age-matched untreated rats served as controls. Intraocular pre...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Miyara N,Shinzato M,Yamashiro Y,Iwamatsu A,Kariya KI,Sawaguchi S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old woman is described whose clinical features included infantile hypotonia, obesity after infancy, intellectual impairment, dysmorphic facial features, short stature, small hands and feet, and abnormal dentition, which are typical of the Prader-Willi syndrome. The patient had almond-shaped eyes, spot-like h...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Wang XC,Norose K,Kiyosawa K,Segawa K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Remodeling of the extracellular matrix occurs in the lamina cribrosa in progressed glaucomatous optic nerve damage including disc cupping. We examined immunohistochemical changes in the transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) in the optic nerve head in an experimentally i...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Fukuchi T,Ueda J,Hanyu T,Abe H,Sawaguchi S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To verify the advantages of trabeculotomy combined with phacoemulsification, intraocular lens implantation and sinusotomy (PTOS) in eyes with exfoliation glaucoma (XFG) and a coexisting cataract. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Sixty-six eyes of 62 Japanese XFG patients that received either PTOS, phacotrabeculectomy (PTE...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Fukuchi T,Ueda J,Nakatsue T,Suda K,Hara H,Abe H

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze mutations of the arrestin/S-antigen (SAG) gene in nine newly identified Oguchi disease patients, and to examine whether the 926delA (formerly called 1147delA) mutation in the SAG gene is inherited from a single founder. METHODS:DNA samples were assayed for mutations around nucleotide 926 of the SAG ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Saga M,Mashima Y,Kudoh J,Oguchi Y,Shimizu N

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single fiber electromyography (SFEMG) was carried out in the extraocular muscles (EOMs) of 40 adult cats, and the recordings were analyzed. The small fluctuations of the interpotential interval (IPI), so-called "jitter phenomenon", were represented quantitatively as a mean consecutive difference (MCD). The MCD and the...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hattori M,Mimura O,Haruta R,Uyama J,Shimo-Oku M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00