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Featured Article: Cataract prevention and reversal without the need for surgery
At present, surgery is the only effective way to treat cataracts, which are the leading cause of blindness worldwide. This study reports on the successful use of NACA eye drops to treat cataracts in an animal model, and the implications for cataract prevention in high-risk populations.
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The effect of oral contraceptive pills on the macula, the retinal nerve fiber layer, the ganglion cell layer and the choroidal thickness
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Autophagy activated via GRP78 to alleviate endoplasmic reticulum stress for cell survival in blue light-mediated damage of A2E-laden RPEs
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Repeatability of ocular surface vessel density measurements with optical coherence tomography angiography
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Internal limiting membrane insertion technique combined with nerve growth factor injection for large macular hole
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Changes in intraocular pressure after pharmacologic pupil dilation
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Comparison of the monocular Humphrey visual field and the binocular Humphrey esterman visual field test for driver licensing in glaucoma subjects in Sweden
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Characterization of macular thickness changes in Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy by optical coherence tomography
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Post-cataract endophthalmitis caused by multidrug-resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: clinical features and risk factors
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Cyclosporine a 0.05% eye drops for the treatment of subepithelial infiltrates after epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
Aims and scope
BMC Ophthalmology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of eye disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
Editor
- Lingling Tian, BMC Series, China
Assistant Editor
- Jashan Abraham, BMC Series, UK
Section Editors
- Penny A Asbell, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Hemant Khanna, University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Choul Yong Park, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, South Korea
- Luca M Rossetti, Clinica Oculistica, Università di Milano
- Virender Sachdeva, LV Prasad Eye Institute, India
- Eric Singman, Wilmer Eye Institute, USA
- Javier Zarranz-Ventura, Hospital Clinic Barcelona
Meet the Editors
Virender Sachdeva received his basic medical training and specialized in ophthalmology at the University of Delhi. He is currently a faculty member of the LV Prasad Eye Institute in Visakhapatnam, India, specializing in pediatric ophthalmology, strabismus and neuro-ophthalmology. He joined the editorial board of BMC Ophthalmology in 2015.
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Highlights of the BMC Series: November 2019
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1.754 - 5-year Impact Factor
0.937 - SNIP (Source-Normalized Impact per Paper)
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