December 2003 Ophthalmology journal

• Editorial: Laureate Awards 2003
  
• Development of the National Eye Institute Refractive Error Correction Quality of Life Questionnaire: Focus Groups
  
• Psychometric Properties of the National Eye Institute--Refractive Error Quality of Life Instrument
  
• Responsiveness of the National Eye Institute Refractive Error Quality of Life Instrument to Surgical Correction of Refractive Error
  
• Cost-Utility Analysis of Cataract Surgery in the Second Eye
  
• Associations of Cataract with Antioxidant Enzymes and Other Risk Factors
  
• Comparison of Adverse Events with Daily Disposable Hydrogels and Spectacle Wear
  
• Postoperative Inflammation after Implantation of the Implantable Contact Lens
  
• Dynamic Morphology of Clear Corneal Cataract Incisions
  
• Clear Lens Extraction for the Correction of High Myopia
  
• Cataract Surgery as a Risk Factor for Retinal Detachment in Very Highly Myopic Eyes
  
• A 3-Month Randomized Controlled Trial of Bimatoprost (LUMIGAN) versus Combined Timolol and Dorzolamide (Cosopt) in Patients with Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension
  
• Intravenous Pulse Methylprednisolone Therapy in Eye Disease: Effect on Glucose Tolerance
  
• Anecortave Acetate as Monotherapy for Treatment of Subfoveal Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  
• Quantifying Alterations of Macular Thickness before and after Panretinal Photocoagulation in Patients with Severe Diabetic Retinopathy and Good Vision
  
• Photodynamic Therapy and Verteporfin for Subfoveal Idiopathic Choroidal Neovascularization: One-Year Results from a Prospective Case Series
  
• Morphologic and Angiographic Assessment of the Macula after Macular Translocation Surgery with 360-Degree Retinotomy
  
• Trypan Blue Staining in Vitreoretinal Surgery
  
• Incidence and Epidemiological Characteristics of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment in Beijing, China
  
• Snowflake Vitreoretinal Degeneration

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