News Release

May 2004 Ophthalmology journal

Peer-Reviewed Publication

American Academy of Ophthalmology

SAN FRANCISCO--Studies from the May 2004 issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:

  • Refractive Surgery and Protective Eyewear in the Military
  • Higher Risk of Multiple Falls among Elderly Women Who Lose Visual Acuity
  • Redundant Publications in Scientific Ophthalmologic Journals: The Tip of the Iceberg?
  • Videokeratographic Anomalies in Familial Keratoconus
  • Central Corneal Thickness Measurements with Partial Coherence Interferometry, Ultrasound, and the Orbscan System
  • Ultraviolet Absorption of Intraocular Lenses
  • Anterior Capsule Relationship of the AcrySof Intraocular Lens Optic and Posterior Capsule Opacification: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial
  • Punctal Occlusion in the Management of Chronic Stevens–Johnson Syndrome
  • Tear Function and Ocular Surface Findings in Premature and Term Babies
  • Persistent Fetal Vasculature and Minimal Fetal Vascular Remnants: A Frequent Cause of Unilateral Congenital Cataracts
  • Eye Care in African-Americans with Type 1 Diabetes: The New Jersey 725
  • West African Crystalline Maculopathy
  • Intrapapillary Hemorrhage with Adjacent Peripapillary Subretinal Hemorrhage
  • Effects of Verteporfin Therapy on Central Visual Field Function
  • Hyperhomocysteinemia and the Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase 677C-T Mutation in Patients under 50 Years of Age Affected by Central Retinal Vein Occlusion
  • Patterns of Macular Edema in Patients with Uveitis: Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment Using Optical Coherence Tomography
  • Birdshot Chorioretinopathy: Long-term Manifestations and Visual Prognosis
  • Pulse Intravenous Cyclophosphamide in Ocular Inflammatory Disease: Efficacy and Short-term Safety
  • Ten-Year Follow-up of Fellow Eyes of Patients Enrolled in Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study Randomized Trials: COMS Report No. 22
  • Conservation of Eyes with Choroidal Melanoma by a Multimodality Approach to Treatment: An Audit of 1632 Patients
  • Transpupillary Thermotherapy as Initial Treatment for Small Intraocular Retinoblastoma: Technique and Predictors of Success
  • Chorioretinal Scar Growth after 810-Nanometer Laser Treatment for Retinoblastoma
  • Survey of 1264 Patients with Orbital Tumors and Simulating Lesions: The 2002 Montgomery Lecture, Part 1
  • Rapid Intraoperative Diagnosis of Tumors of the Eye and Orbit by Squash and Imprint Cytology
  • Congenital Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma of the Orbit: Case Report and Review of the Literature
  • Orbital Myositis Associated with Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease) Infection
  • Eyelid Position Measurement in Graves' Ophthalmopathy: Reliability of a Photographic Technique and Comparison with a Clinical Technique
  • Classification and Surgical Management of Patients with Familial and Sporadic Forms of Congenital Fibrosis of the Extraocular Muscles
  • Ptosis from Localized A-lambda-Amyloid Deposits in the Levator Palpebrae Muscle
  • Localization of Extraocular Muscles during Secondary Orbital Implantation Surgery: The Tunnel Technique. Experience in 100 Patients

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The American Academy of Opthalmology is the world's largest association of eye physicians and surgeons--Eye M.D.s--with more than 27,000 members.


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