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..Serum proinflammatory cytokines upregulate leptin levels and leptin itself directly induces nitric oxide production from endothelial cells with its specific receptors...

..Additional ocular findings are decreased ocular rigidity, myopia, glaucoma, keratoconus, corneal opacity, small corneal diameter and congenital Bowman's layer agenesis...

..To analyze and compare the outcomes and complication rates of secondary implantation of flexible, open-loop, anterior chamber intraocular lenses (AC IOLs) and single-piece, scleral-fixated, posterior chamber IOLs (PC IOLs)...

..Age-related maculopathy (ARM) or degeneration (ARMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in developed countries. The etiology is unclear and the molecular factors contributing this disease remain to be specified...

..There is a direct relationship between serum leptin and diet, and lipoprotein metabolism, but the role of leptin in the course of ARMD has not previously been investigated...

..This study investigated histopathologically the effects of caffeine on neonatal rat cornea...

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..This study investigated the levels of SOD, GSHPx, catalase (CAT), TNF-alpha, NO and LPO in patients with WMS...

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..Such therapies are tailored to the individual patient depending on clinical manifestations. Thalidomide, tacrolimus, IFN-alpha and anti-TNF monoclonal antibody have recently attracted attention as novel therapeutic approaches...

..Whatever the source, urinary NO levels may be used as a new activity marker in the diagnosis and follow up of BD by serial measurements...

..To investigate histologically the influence of maternal caffeine exposure during pregnancy in vivo on crystalline lenses in neonatal rats...

..Such sediments should be differentiated from other forms of true or pseudohypopyons because the course, treatment, and prognosis are different for each...

..To describe figure-of-eight vertical mattress suture technique in external dacryocystorhinostomy for a combined one-step closure of anterior mucosal flaps and overlying wound tissues and to evaluate its effectiveness on surgical outcome...

..The objective was to measure urinary adrenomedullin (AM) levels in patients with active or inactive Behçet's syndrome and compare them to levels in healthy control subjects...

..We also determined the end product of lipid peroxidation (malondialdehyde (MDA)) in BD patients as an index for oxidative stress...

..According to our results, hearing loss occurs more often in older patients and also in the complete form of Behçet's syndrome...

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..To establish a new clinical index to evaluate the presence of hypo-hypertelorism with greater accuracy...

..Adrenomedullin (AM) is a peptide produced not only in normal adrenal medulla but also in the vascular smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells, and its role in the course of BD has not been previously described...

..One of the prominent features of BD is vasculitis and thrombosis as a result of endothelial dysfunction. Because nitric oxide (NO) is synthesized by endothelium, we considered it as an interesting target of investigation in BD...

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..To measure central corneal thickness (CCT) in patients with Behçet's disease (BD), particularly in the active disease...

..Weill-Marchesani syndrome is a rare systemic connective tissue disorder consisting of brachymorphy, brachydactyly, ectopia lentis, spherophakia and glaucoma...

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..To evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection on persistent macular oedema in branch retinal vein occlusion that fails to respond to previous laser photocoagulation...

..We also assessed the possible involvement of VEGF in ocular Behçet's syndrome or in disease activity...

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..Assessment of tHcy may be important in the investigation and management of patients with BD, especially with ocular disease...

..To establish the beneficial effects of trypan blue 0.1% capsule staining in open-sky capsulorrhexis during triple procedure...

..To evaluate the effectiveness of intravitreal triamcinolone injection on the course of diabetic macular edema...

..These molecules may serve as therapeutic targets for the treatment and/or prevention of diabetes with its systemic and ocular microvascular complications...

..The effect of disease activity and correlations between the measured parameters were explored...

..Although many studies have been published since its discovery in 1937, the etiopathogenesis of this unique disorder is still unclear...

..We compared the effects in rabbits of iridotomy using the argon or Nd:YAG laser on cytokines such as interleukin 1-beta (IL-1beta), interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 8 (IL-8), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)...

..Since NO is synthesized by endothelium and smooth muscle elsewhere in the body, this study investigated the NO levels in the aqueous humor of patients with POAG compared with cataract patients...

..To evaluate bilateral myopia following blunt trauma to one eye...

..To evaluate the visual field changes in smokers...

..Therefore, an investigation into the formation of the SPR lesion may contribute to the pathophysiology of skin lesions of this unique disorder...

..The myopic shift was primarily related to significant increases in ACD, VCD and AL in this young age group...

..To investigate whether dietary supplementation with IH636 grape seed proanthocyanidin extract (GSPE) prevents selenite-induced cataract...

..621, p < 0.001). Increased synovial NO(.) levels in active BD patients probably reflect a nonspecific inflammatory process of the synovium and, therefore, arthralgia and arthritis as a common finding of BD...

..To investigate whether hazelnut prevents doxorubicin-induced experimental cataract in rats...

..To report a case of Rieger anomaly associated with bilateral choroidal osteoma...

..The existence of the two different disorders is noteworthy as they were observed in two brothers during the same period in their lives, with very similar clinical observations...

..Indeed, a mutation in the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR C677T) gene influences Hcy metabolism and, therefore, MTHFR C677T polymorphism provokes hyperhomocysteinaemia...

..To assess neurotological status and its ophthalmological correlates in Behçet's disease...

..To investigate the effectiveness of various implants used in experimental deep sclerectomy and to report tissue reactions developed to these implants histopathologically...

..Central corneal thickness must be considered when developing approaches for keratorefractive treatment of patients with Down syndrome...

..To investigate whether caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) prevents sodium-selenite-induced cataract...

..To evaluate whether an abnormal optic disc shape in patients with tilted disc syndrome (TDS) is associated with an abnormal configuration of the crystalline lens measured as lenticular astigmatism...

..The control of adrenomedullin levels in the eye might be a target that could be considered in the therapeutic strategies for glaucoma. Further studies in this respect are needed...

..05). However, disease duration or haemoglobin levels were not relevant. ADA level may be a valuable and supportive indicator of disease activity and is not affected by colchicine therapy in BD...

..The result of these tests suggested normal activity of sympathetic, and hypoactivity of parasympathetic nervous system, implying parasympathetic nervous system dysfunction as a risk factor or associated finding in childhood obesity...

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..It also allows the simultaneous correction of any intranasal disease. It requires minimal instrumentation and is a relatively easy and fast technique...

..To investigate the efficacy of intravitreal triamcinolone (IVT) by evaluation of pattern electroretinogram (PERG) in diabetic patients with clinically significant macular edema (CSME)...

..To investigate the highest nontoxic intravitreal dose of piperacillin/tazobactam in rabbits...

..Behçet's disease (BD) is a systemic inflammatory vasculitis of young adults with unknown etiology...

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..The challenges posed by the drug's teratogenicity and adverse effects are also considered, if present...

..aeruginosa endophthalmitis in rabbits, but is not superior to intravitreal ceftazidime application. Therefore, intravitreal piperacillin/tazobactam may be a useful alternative to ceftazidime for pseudomonal endophthalmitis...

..Tc-99m HMPAO brain SPECT may be more useful for revealing absent or decreased perfusion areas of brain lesions than MRI in LNSS...

..To evaluate the effectiveness and clinical significance of pattern visual evoked potential (P-VEP) parameters on visual acuity in amblyopic patients under occlusion therapy...