Gessa-Sorroche, M Relimpio-López, I García-Delpech, S Benítez-Del-Castillo, J M
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The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19 disease, is transmitted by aerosols or by contact with infected surfaces. The route of entry to the body is through the nasal, oral or conjunctival mucosa. Health workers must use effective protection measures against the entry of the virus into mucous membranes, both physical and antiseptic filters. Ther...
González Martín-Moro, J Zarallo Gallardo, J
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Ruiz Caro Larrea, J M Cabrejas Martínez, L Alonso Peralta, M A Mahíllo Fernández, I Jiménez-Alfaro Morote, I
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To determine the degree of agreement and differences between macular parameters according to sex, age, laterality, ethnicity and type of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in paediatric patients. Prospective, transversal, and comparative study. OCT Spectralis and OCT Cirrus were used to obtain the macular values of both eyes in 100 patients between...
Hernández-Almeida, S Reche-Sainz, J A Ruiz-Arranz, C García-Louro, A Ferro-Osuna, M
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Purtscher retinopathy is an occlusive microangiopathy associated with traumatic causes and usually causes visual impairment. For non-traumatic origins, it is called Purtscher-like retinopathy (PLR). A 26-year-old man reported loss of vision in his left eye after the implantation of a telescoping stent for the treatment of an intracranial carotid an...
Barbón, J J Santalla, C Álvarez, D
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Ulhaq, Z S Soraya, G V
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To clarify the association between IL-8 gene polymorphisms, IL-8 level, towards the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Meta-analysis was performed from available studies that investigated IL-8 -251A/T (rs4073) and +781C/T (rs2227306) polymorphisms and IL-8 levels in patients with AMD and controls. Overall, the pooled result showed a si...
Vidal-Villegas, B Llorente La-Orden, C Calvo González, C Villegas-Pérez, M P Santos Bueso, E
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We present an uncommon case of a unilateral congenital retinal macrovessel documented with retinography, perimetry, fluorescein angiography and macular optical coherence tomography. In the case presented the macrovessel crossed the horizontal meridian, between macula and optic disk. A literature review has been performed on congenital retinal macro...
Kayaarasi Ozturker, Z Akca Bayar, S Yaman Pinarci, E Kurt, R A Akkoyun, I Yilmaz, G
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the primary cause of blindness in developed countries, particularly in older adults. Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) intravitreal injection is the current standard treatment for neovascular form of AMD. Studies reporting macular hole (MH) formation following anti-VEGF treatment are limit...
García García, L C Zamorano Martín, F Rocha de Lossada, C García Lorente, M Luque Aranda, G Escudero Gómez, J
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Long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency is a rare metabolic disease caused by a specific mutation in the HADHA gene, which leads to an alteration in the metabolic pathway of fatty acids. Its most frequent form of presentation at the ophthalmological level is retinitis pigmentosa, and in some cases the ophthalmologist could be the firs...
Fernández-Vigo, J I Burgos-Blasco, B Calvo-González, C Escobar-Moreno, M J Shi, H Jiménez-Santos, M Valverde-Megías, A Reche-Frutos, J López-Guajardo, L Donate-López, J
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To assess the vision-related quality of life and the depression and anxiety rates in patients with neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration (nAMD). A cross-sectional study of patients with nAMD treated with intravitreal injections was performed. The patients completed two validated questionnaires: the Visual Functioning Questionnaire (VFQ-25, s...
