News Release

August 2004 Ophthalmology journal

Peer-Reviewed Publication

American Academy of Ophthalmology

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

  • Prevalence of Open-Angle Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension in Latinos: The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study
  • Prevalence of Lens Opacities in Latinos: The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study
  • Prevalence of Ocular Diagnoses Found on Screening 1539 Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
  • Long-term Outcomes in Asians after Acute Primary Angle Closure
  • Acute Primary Angle Closure: Configuration of the Drainage Angle in the First Year after Laser Peripheral Iridotomy
  • Changes in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness after Acute Primary Angle Closure
  • Low Incidence of Iris Pigmentation and Eyelash Changes in 2 Randomized Clinical Trials with Unoprostone Isopropyl 0.15%
  • Retinal Venous Pulsation in Glaucoma and Glaucoma Suspects
  • Bleb-Associated Endophthalmitis: Clinical Characteristics and Visual Outcomes
  • Impact of Cataract on the Results of Frequency-Doubling Technology Perimetry
  • Detection of Undiagnosed Glaucoma by Eye Health Professionals
  • Laserinterferometric Assessment of Pilocarpine-Induced Movement of an Accommodating Intraocular Lens: A Randomized Trial
  • Long-term Effects of Mitomycin C in Pterygium Surgery on Scleral Thickness and the Conjunctival Epithelium
  • Penetrating Limbo-keratoplasty for Granular and Lattice Corneal Dystrophy: Survival of Donor Limbal Stem Cells and Intermediate-Term Clinical Results
  • Influence of Donor Storage Time on Corneal Allograft Survival
  • The Giant Fornix Syndrome: An Unrecognized Cause of Chronic, Relapsing Grossly Purulent Conjunctivitis
  • Corneal and Conjunctival Toxicity from Hydrogen Peroxide: A Patient with Chronic Self-induced Injury
  • The Emotional Impact of Amblyopia Treatment in Preschool Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Orbital Irradiation for Graves' Ophthalmopathy: Is It Safe? A Long-term Follow-up Study
  • Muscle Surgery in Patients with Graves' Disease Using Topical Anesthesia
  • Droperidol and Dolasetron Alone or in Combination for Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting after Vitrectomy
  • Photodynamic Therapy with Verteporfin for Symptomatic Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy: One-Year Result of a Prospective Case Series
  • Lack of Fundus Autofluorescence to 488 Nanometers from Childhood on in Patients with Early-Onset Severe Retinal Dystrophy Associated with Mutations in RPE65
  • Retinotopic Mapping of the Visual Cortex Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Patient with Central Scotomas from Atrophic Macular Degeneration
  • Milder Ocular Findings in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Type 3 Compared with Those in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Type 1

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To receive a copy of these studies, please contact the media relations unit at the American Academy of Ophthalmology at 415-561-8534, media@aao.org.

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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