abstract：:We made 344 stereoacuity determinations (Titmus Stereotest) on 321 children, ages 1 1/2 to 13 years, who had normal binocular single vision tested by other factors. The data showed a gradual improvement in stereoacuity scores with increasing age--up to age 9--when a normal stereoacuity of 40 seconds of arc was consist...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Romano PE,Romano JA,Puklin JE

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients had ocular myasthenia gravis coexistent with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. A 37-year-old woman presented with diplopia and displayed a head tremor and thyroid enlargement. Thyroid function tests showed an elevated thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). A quantitative Tensilon test yeilded a "perverse" response and...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Osher RH,Smith JL

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a postmortem study of 57 diabetic patients, 19 of 23 patients with blood glucose levels greater than 200 mg/100 ml in the 72-hour period before death showed the characteristic histologic findings of "lacy" vacuolation of the iris pigment epithelium as well as vacuolation of the renal tubules (Armanni-Ebstein nephro...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Smith ME,Glickman P

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A controlled chemotherapy trial of trachoma was carried out in a Tunisian oasis among schoolchildren with active disease. We compared 1% tetracycline ointment (79 patients) or 1% rifampicin ointment (76 patients) with 5% boric acid ointment (79 patients). Medications were administered twice daily, six days a week, for...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Dawson CR,Hoshiwara I,Daghfous T,Messadi M,Vastine DW,Schachter J

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient sustained mild bilateral alkali burns of the cornea following ocular exposure to a commercial hair straightening preparation. This compound and three other products all had an alkaline pH which was not reduced to neutrality by the neutralizer provided. Corneal alkali burns similar to those seen in our patien...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Smith RS,Shear G

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As exemplified by the collaborative Diabetic Retinopathy Study, all the appropriate techniques involved in a clinical trial-random assignment of treatment, appropriate controls, and avoidance of investigator bias-should be incorporated during the earliest testing of a new therapy for a chronic disease, for the sake of...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kupfer C

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 150 consecutive cases of preretinal macular fibrosis that occurred predominantly in older subjects, 118 cases involved only one eye while 32 occurred binocularly. The ratio of women to men was 3:2. Visual acuity was usually 20/50 or better, and only four of 178 eyes had acuity below 20/200. The vast majority of les...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Wise GN

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey in Arkansas of 14 cases of ocular injuries caused by the explosion of Class C fireworks showed significant, and possibly permanent, visual loss in five men. The most common injuries, corneal abrasion and hyphema, occurred in nine male patients with no residual ocular damage. ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Wilson RS

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flat, circumscribed, and hyperpigmented lesion of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) without clinically apparent involvement of the overlying retina, designated as congenital hypertrophy, was found to be associated with corresponding scotomas in the visual field. The depth of the scotoma increased with the age o...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Buettner H

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-month-old boy with a ciliary body tumor presented with two white flocculi floating in the anterior chamber of his left eye. This material was examined by electron microscopy. Both the clinical appearance of the tumor and the ultrastructural findings suggested the diagnosis of medulloepithelioma. The flocculi cont...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Jakobiec FA,Howard GM,Ellsworth RM,Rosen M

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-three patients who initially presented with Krikenberg's spindles but with no glaucomatous field defects were observed for an average of 5.8 years in an attempt to evaluate the prognostic implication of spindle presence. Twenty-two of the patients had been followed for a minimum of five years. Analysis of the st...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Wilensky JT,Buerk KM,Podos SM

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old white man had an unusual disseminated lymphoid tumor that first appeared in the subconjunctival tissues of the right eye. The tumor later appeared in the skin, lymph nodes, and left upper eyelid and orbit. A monoclonal serum IgA spike was present although the urine did not contain Bence Jones proteins. T...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Jampol LM,Marsh JC,Albert DM,Zimmerman LE

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old woman presented with the typical findings of cicatricial pemphigoid: vesicular lesions of the mucous membranes and skin. Ocular involvement included symblepharon and dryness. A regimen of 80 mg of oral trimcinolone per day healed the lesions of the skin and mucous membrane. The patient received three inj...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Herron BE

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medical records of 13 patients with primary malignant lesions of the lacrimal gland revealed adenoid cystic carcinoma as the most common malignant tumor. The histologic cell type, neural invasion, and bony destruction were correlated with localized control and ultimate survival. Surgical removal of the lacrimal gl...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Byers RM,Berkeley RG,Luna M,Jesse RH

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 18 patients, 2% pilocarpine, 2% pilocarpine plus tropicamide 10:1, and 2% aceclidine were tested with respect to the degree of spasm of accommodation induced by these drugs. Aceclidine had the least effect on accommodation, making it the recommended drug for use in patients with glaucoma and considerable remaining ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Fechner PU,Teichmann KD,Weyrauch W

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-year-old woman, treated with cryopexy and xenon- and argon-laser photocoagulation for Leber's miliary aneurysms in her right eye, suffered from repeated epistaxis. She underwent an endoscopy that showed an unusual number of telangiectatic veins. Laboratory results and routine physical and neurologic examinations ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Gärtner J,Draf W

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1:2000 solution of a radiomimetic alkylating agent-triethylene thiophosphoramide (thio-tepa, Lederle Laboratories) with a proven inhibitory action on proliferating vascular endothelium, was used topically as an adjunct to pterygium surgery in an attempt to decrease the incidence of recurrence. A bare-sclera techniqu...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Liddy BS,Morgan JF

更新日期：1966-05-01 00:00:00