Glycosaminoglycans in pterygium tissues and normal conjunctiva.

abstract：PURPOSE:We evaluated central retinal thickness (CRT) in diabetic macular edema (DME) using two different spectral-domain (SD) optical coherence tomography (OCT) instruments: the Cirrus and Spectralis OCTs. METHODS:CRT was measured in 63 eyes of 32 patients with DME using both instruments on the same day. RESULTS:CRT ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Suzuma K,Yamada Y,Liu M,Tsuiki E,Fujikawa A,Kitaoka T

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：PURPOSE:To present and compare the long-term results of Dr. Tamcelik's previously described technique of Tenon advancement and duplication with the conventional Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation technique in patients with refractory glaucoma. METHODS:This study was a multicenter, retrospective case series that i...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Tamcelik N,Ozkok A,Sarıcı AM,Atalay E,Yetik H,Gungor K

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective of this study is to describe the clinical and immunological aspects observed in patients with both human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis and ocular dryness. METHODS:In 15 such patients, clinical and biological examinations completed with a biops...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Merle H,Cabre P,Smadja D,Josset P,Landau M,Vernant JC

更新日期：1999-11-01 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

abstract：:The clinical and etiological findings in 727 patients with viral conjunctivitis treated from January 1982 through December 1984 at Aoki Eye Clinic in Sapporo, Japan, were presented. The age of the patients ranged from 11 days to 88 years, and the monthly incidences of the disease from 18 to 131 cases, with a clusterin...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Aoki K,Kawana R,Matsumoto I,Wadell G,de Jong JC

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the inhibitory effects of chicken egg white ovomacroglobulin, a broad-spectrum protease inhibitor, and a synthetic protease inhibitory peptide, Bz-GFR-O-mercaptoanilide, on the growth of two strains of Serratia marcescens in a synthetic medium. The growth of the virulent protease-producing strain, S. marces...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Miyagawa S,Matsumoto K,Kamata R,Okamura R,Maeda H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the efficacy of intravitreal bevacizumab for the treatment of idiopathic macular telangiectasia (IMT). METHODS:Ten eyes of eight consecutive patients with IMT were studied. Four eyes had type 1, and six had type 2 IMT according to Yannuzzi's classification. All patients were treated with intravi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Matsumoto Y,Yuzawa M

更新日期：2010-07-01 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 evaluate the usefulness of a new fixation monitoring system called gaze tracking in the perimetry of glaucomatous eyes. Subjects and Method: We studied the visual field of 106 eyes in 106 persons, comprising 74 eyes with open-angle glaucoma and 32 eyes with ocular hypertension. Perimetry was performed usin...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kunimatsu S,Suzuki Y,Shirato S,Araie M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of medullated nerve fibers of the retina were seen. They had medullated nerve fibers in both the upper and lower quadrants of the temporal retina, whereby the temporal raphe of the retinal nerve fiber layer could be visualized. Some nerve fibers from the upper and lower quadrants crossed each other on the ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Sakai T,Sano K,Tsuzuki K,Ueno M,Kawamura Y

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term incubation of the lens of rainbow trout, a cold water fish, can be carried out at 0 degrees C, without altering its transparency. This is not possible in mammalian lenses. Rainbow trout lenses maintained their transparency with normal cation levels for 2.5 months in H10 medium, which is a simple balanced sal...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hikida M,Iwata S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major and a minor ascorbate free radical (AFR) reductase were separated from the soluble fraction in the human lens cortex by DEAE-cellulose ion-exchange column chromatography. These AFR reductases also exhibited diaphorase activity using dichlorophenolindophenol and ferricyanide as electron acceptors. The major AFR...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Bando M,Obazawa H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the combined estimate of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) count developed by Medeiros et al. as a tool for diagnosis of glaucoma in Japanese patients. STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. METHODS:Thirty-one eyes of 19 healthy controls and 106 eyes of 70 glaucoma patients underwent standard automated perim...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Sakamoto M,Mori S,Ueda K,Akashi A,Inoue Y,Kurimoto T,Kanamori A,Yamada Y,Nakamura M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the pharmacological response when dysiherbaine acts on cultured Müller cells, considering the glutamate receptor functions. Dysiherbaine is a new excitotoxic amino acid, which was recently isolated from the liquid extract of a certain sponge. METHODS:Retinas of adult rabbits were used to culture t...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Minei R

更新日期：2002-03-01 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 compare the cytotoxicity of povidone-iodine solution (PVP-I) with that of polyvinyl alcohol-iodine solution (PAI) for ophthalmic use. METHODS:Cells of the human corneal epithelial cell line HCE-T were exposed to various dilutions of PVP-I or PAI, and the cytotoxicity of these two antiseptics was evaluated. ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Shibata Y,Tanaka Y,Tomita T,Taogoshi T,Kimura Y,Chikama T,Kihira K

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:Experimental melanin-protein induced uveitis (EMIU) is a CD4 T cell-mediated disease involving the choroid and iris, but sparing the retina. The present study was designed to solubilize uveitogenic antigen from melanin granules without enzymatic digestion, and to investigate some of its elements by comparison with dif...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Broekhuyse RM,Kuhlmann ED,Winkens HJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinol-binding protein (RBP) is a plasma protein with a molecular weight of 21,000 synthesized in the hepatocytes, binding with retinol (vitamin A), and transporting retinol to peripheral tissues. Keratomalacia is caused by a deficiency of vitamin A itself and/or protein-calorie malnutrition. In the latter condition,...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Matsuo T,Matsuo N,Shiraga F,Koide N

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To elucidate the factors affecting visual acuity after Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). METHODS:We reviewed consecutive patients who underwent primary DSAEK for corneal endothelial dysfunction at Inouye Eye Hospital from January 2010 through January 2015 and who had a follow-up of...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Amano S,Setogawa A,Inoue K

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interferon (IFN)-associated retinopathy is typically characterized by retinal hemorrhages and cotton wool spots at the posterior fundus, but visual function is usually maintained. With the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT), two patients with IFN-associated retinopathy who had developed macular edema ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Shimura M,Saito T,Yasuda K,Tamai M

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：PURPOSE:Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), which activates the small guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding protein Rho, was previously shown to promote migration of the rabbit corneal epithelium in culture. The signaling pathway responsible for this effect of LPA was examined in this study with a human corneal epithelial (HCE...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Saito J,Morishige N,Chikama T,Gu J,Sekiguchi K,Nishida T

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of the Fluorotron Master fluorophotometer fitted with a small animal adapter was evaluated with tree shrews. We also determined that the optimal measurement parameters for these animals, which are regarded as promising for experimental use in ophthalmic research, are: fluorescein-Na concentration, 0.5 x...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ishiko S,Yoshida A,Kitaya N,Abiko T,Mori F,Kado M,Takahashi M,Saito K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously familial hypo-retinol-binding proteinemia in a child who developed keratomalacia during measles infection. In the present study, we characterized serum retinol-binding proteins (RBPs) in the affected family members and compared these RBPs with those in the unaffected family members. Immunoblotti...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Matsuo T,Matsuo N

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report three types of heterozygous mutations in the OPA1 gene in five patients from three families with autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA, MIM#165500). METHODS:DNA was extracted from the leukocytes of the peripheral blood. For mtDNA, mutations were examined at positions 11778, 3460 and 14484. For the O...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hamahata T,Fujimaki T,Fujiki K,Miyazaki A,Mizota A,Murakami A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Topical mitomycin C (MMC) administration is reportedly effective in treating ocular surface neoplasms such as squamous cell carcinoma. We treated a case of ocular epithelial dysplasia that had spread too diffusely to be completely removed. We examined the ultrastructure of and c-met (hepatocyte growth factor re...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Saika S,Miyamoto T,Kawashima Y,Jinza K,Okada Y,Yamanaka O,Ohnishi Y,Ooshima A

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of four commercially available irrigating solutions on the spreading of rabbit corneal endothelial cells on various extracellular matrices were studied. Cultured rabbit corneal endothelial cells, suspended in one of the following intraocular irrigating solutions, Opeguard MA, BSS, BSS Plus, lactated Ringer...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Nishida T,Otori T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish human corneal stroma- and sclera-derived cells as models for studying diseases of the anterior segment of the eye. METHODS:Using a recombinant retrovirus system, we transfected human papilloma virus 16 E6 and E7 (HPV16 E6/E7) into human corneal stroma- and sclera-derived cells. The primary cells a...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kashiwagi Y,Nishitsuka K,Namba H,Kamiryo M,Takamura H,Yamashita H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00