Visualization of microaneurysms using optical coherence tomography angiography: comparison of OCTA en face, OCT B-scan, OCT en face, FA, and IA images.

abstract：:The morphological appearance and the quantitative analysis of the structure of the macular microvasculature were investigated in 33 normal subjects by fluorescein angiography and stereoscopic mapping techniques. The foveal capillary network was formed by the anastomosis of 4 to 6 groups of terminal arteriolar and veno...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Wu LZ,Huang ZS,Wu DZ,Chan E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravitreal drug injections using a short 34-gauge needle. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective study. METHODS:This study included patients with age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, or macular edema associated with retinal vein occlusion. We reviewed the medi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Sasajima H,Tsuboi K,Murotani K,Kamei M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:S-antigen (S-Ag), a well characterized 45-kDa protein in the photoreceptor cells, induces predominantly T-cell-mediated autoimmune uveitis when injected into experimental animals. Recently, we have shown that native histone H3 protein derived from yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), or a synthetic peptide that is homolo...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Singh VK,Usukura J,Shinohara T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nationwide, multicenter study of typical retinitis pigmentosa was carried out in collaboration with 13 university hospitals throughout Japan. A total of 253 patients, 122 males and 131 females, with a wide range of ages (mean 48 years), were registered during a two-month period in 1989. Determination of inheritance ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hayakawa M,Matsumura M,Ohba N,Matsui M,Fujiki K,Kanai A,Tamai M,Shiono T,Tokoro T,Akazawa Y

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the changes in aqueous flare in psoriasis patients and to identify the factors that influence the level of aqueous flare. METHODS:We examined the 68 eyes of 34 psoriasis patients and the 68 eyes of 34 healthy subjects with a laser flare-cell meter. Complete dermatologic and ophthalmic examinations ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Okamoto F,Umebayasi Y,Ohtsuka F,Hommura S

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a patient with agenesis of both internal carotid canals who presented with incomplete oculomotor palsy with pupil sparing. METHODS:The incomplete oculomotor palsy was followed clinically, and the precise anatomical relation of the aneurysm to the subarachnoid oculomotor nerve was investigated during ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Takahashi M,Kase M,Suzuki Y,Yokoi M,Kazumata K,Terasaka S

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe, white sheathing of the retinal vessels and yellowish-white placoid lesions, suggesting frosted-branch angiitis, were found in both fundi of a 24-year-old woman. Fluorescein angiography showed hypofluorescence of the placoid lesions in the early phase and hyperfluorescence in the late phase. Indocyanine green a...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Masuda K,Ueno M,Watanabe I

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the seasonal variations in myopia progression and axial elongation in Japanese children. METHODS:Ninety-two children who were enrolled in a myopia-control trial and wearing single vision or progressive addition lenses were included in the analyses (mean ± SD age 11.4 ± 1.7 years, mean spherical ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Fujiwara M,Hasebe S,Nakanishi R,Tanigawa K,Ohtsuki H

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：PURPOSE:To examine the effectiveness, safety, and stability of laser subepithelial keratomileusis (LASEK), a modified photorefractive keratectomy for low to moderate myopia. METHODS:This study evaluated the results of LASEK in 48 myopic patients (84 eyes) with a consecutive 6-month follow-up period. Preoperative myopi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Lee JB,Choe CM,Seong GJ,Gong HY,Kim EK

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the relationship between apoptotic photoreceptor cell death and the duration of light exposure. METHODS:Ten-week-old male albino rats (Wistar strain) were dark-adapted for 2 days and then exposed to intense light for 12 hours, and 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28 days. The presence of apoptosis was conf...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Aonuma H,Yamazaki R,Watanabe I

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the diagnosis of stromal herpetic keratitis was examined using tear fluid specimens; the sensitivity of the nested PCR method in detecting the herpes simplex virus (HSV) genome was 1 plaque-forming unit/mL. PCR assay of 72 tear samples from the eyes of 15 patients wi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kudo E,Shiota H,Kinouchi Y,Mimura Y,Itakura M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To prospectively compare the scotopic pupil size between emmetropes and myopes using a Colvard pupillometer. METHODS:The pupil diameters of 55 normal subjects and 55 healthy myopic subjects were measured with the Colvard pupillometer in a low-light situation that simulated the level of light encountered while ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Chaidaroon W,Juwattanasomran W

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate effects of alertness on three-dimensional (3D) eye movements. METHODS:During drowsy and alert periods, 3D eye movements were recorded with dual search coils in three normal rhesus monkeys, and in two of these monkeys after placement of bilateral kainic acid lesions of the rostral interstitial nu...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Suzuki Y,Straumann D,Henn V

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We report here a patient with bilateral papillomacular retinoschisis with an enlarged glaucomatous optic nerve head cup and a focal lamina cribrosa defect, the findings of our clinical investigations of this case, and the chosen treatment and outcome. DESIGN:This is an observational case report. METHODS:Clini...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Yoshitake T,Nakanishi H,Setoguchi Y,Kuroda K,Amemiya K,Taniguchi M,Otani A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We present 6 cases of bacterial infection that developed after porous orbital implant surgery. CASES:Five patients with hydroxyapatite implants showed lid swelling, discharge, and suppurative granuloma 14 days to 3 years after surgery. The hydroxyapatite implants were removed 14 days to 41 months postoperat...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： You JR,Seo JH,Kim YH,Choi WC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphohydrolase (CNPase) is one of the important markers for myelin synthesis or demyelination. We measured the CNPase activities in the visual pathway tissues of Lewis strain rats with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) induced by inoculation of myelin basic protein f...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Matsushima S,Machi N,Marumo M,Mizuno A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether photoreceptor degeneration in transgenic (Tg) rabbits carrying the Pro347Leu rhodopsin mutation alters the neural activity of the middle and inner retinal neurons. METHODS:Multifocal electroretinograms (mfERGs) were recorded from eight 12-week-old Tg rabbits both before and after intravitr...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Yokoyama D,Machida S,Kondo M,Terasaki H,Nishimura T,Kurosaka D

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the functional surgical success, complications, and degree of satisfaction after endoscopy-guided transcaruncular Jones tube intubation without dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR). METHODS:A pair of Westcott scissors was passed into the nose from the side of the caruncle, and the lacrimal bone was penetrat...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Choi WC,Yang SW

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old Japanese boy with optic disk drusen associated with left central retinal artery occlusion was reported. Transient central blurred vision, possibly caused by central retinal artery spasm, was noticed as an initial symptom of optic disk drusen in the left eye. Prolonged and repeated spasm might have given...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Uehara M,Inomata H,Yamana Y,Taniguchi Y,Tsuji K

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although air bags have been shown to reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries caused by motor vehicle accidents, there have been many reports of air bag-related ocular injuries. We recently treated air bag-related corneal laceration in a patient wearing eyeglasses at the time of a motor accident....

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Tsuda Y,Wakiyama H,Amemiya T

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two siblings with Usher syndrome had optic disc mulberry tumors that were photographically documented over a 5-year period. During this period, growth of these tumors was demonstrated. These lesions were reported histologically to be drusen. The existence of presumed optic disc drusen in siblings with Usher syndrome m...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Shiono T,Noro M,Tamai M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the changes in the electrolyte and protein concentrations in the vitreous of 3-week-old chicks with form-deprivation myopia (FDM). METHODS:FDM was induced in 2-day-old male white leghorn chicks by covering the left eye with a translucent plastic goggle and leaving the right eye uncovered to serv...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Seko Y,Shimokawa H,Pang J,Tokoro T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the process of repair in the epithelial cells and the reconstruction in lens fibers of a mouse lens that has developed opacity because of a large-scale perforating injury. METHODS:Lenses of 4-week-old mice were perforated with a needle through the cornea to induce the development of traumatic ca...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hirayama S,Wakasugi A,Morita T,Sakai Y,Mukuno K,Uga S,Shimizu K

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lacquer cracks are thought to represent healed mechanical breaks in the retinal pigment epithelium, Bruch's membrane, and choriocapillaris complex. In this study, we analyzed the indocyanine green (ICG) angiographic features of lacquer cracks and compared them with findings using fluorescein angiography. Complete opht...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ohno-Matsui K,Morishima N,Ito M,Tokoro T

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the role of mechanical stretch in the regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) in scleral fibroblasts of chick embryos. METHODS:Scleral fibroblasts derived from chick embryos were seeded onto flexible bottom culture plates, and subjected to a pulsatile stretch when the cells became subco...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Fujikura H,Seko Y,Tokoro T,Mochizuki M,Shimokawa H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine using the folds of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) to diagnose Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease. METHODS:Retrospective clinical review of 57 Japanese patients between July 2005 and April 2009. Optical coherence tomography (OCT), fundus photographs and fluorescein angiography (FA) were studi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kato Y,Yamamoto Y,Tabuchi H,Fukushima A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings of macular edema secondary to retinal arterial macroaneurysms. METHODS:Six eyes with retinal arterial macroaneurysms were retrospectively examined by OCT. All eyes had macular edema without massive macular hemorrhage. Fluorescein angiography was performed i...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Takahashi K,Kishi S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 76-year-old Japanese woman had suffered from fatigue, weight loss, and cutaneous hyperpigmentation at the age of 38 years and was diagnosed as having tuberculous Addison's disease. Since then, corticosteroids had been administered effectively as hormonal replacement. At the age of 75 years, the patient presented wit...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kakiuchi T,Uehara F,Ohba N

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In a previous study we demonstrated that the progression of the disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP) can be readily monitored by the mean deviation (MD) measured by Humphrey central 10-2 perimetry, which assesses the sensitivity distribution in the macular area in eyes affected by RP. In the present study, we inve...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Abe K,Iijima H,Hirakawa H,Tsukahara Y,Toda Y

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00