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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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| 21 September 2018

AstigMATIC: an automatic tool for standard astigmatism vector analysis

Authors: Mathieu Gauvin and Avi Wallerstein
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| 20 September 2018

Application of biodegradable collagen matrix (Ologen™) implants in Dacryocystorhinostomy surgeries, a randomized clinical study

Authors: Hatem M. Marey, Hesham M. Elmazar, Sameh S. Mandour and Osama A. El Morsy
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| 20 September 2018

Effectiveness of binocularity-stimulating treatment in children with residual amblyopia following occlusion

Authors: Haeng-Jin Lee and Seong-Joon Kim
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| 18 September 2018

Brittle cornea syndrome: a case report and review of the literature

Authors: Qi Wan, Jing Tang, Yu Han, Qibin Xiao and Yingping Deng
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| 17 September 2018

Unilateral retinoblastoma with contralateral isolated choroidal Melanocytosis: case report of an unexpected presentation

Authors: Cassanda C. Brooks, James J. Augsburger and Zélia M. Correa

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| 1 September 2014

Characterization of macular thickness changes in Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy by optical coherence tomography

Authors: Yixin Zhang, Houbin Huang, Shihui Wei, Yan Gong, Hongyang Li, Yanli Dai, Shuo Zhao, Yingyun Wang and Hongxin Yan
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| 2 August 2012

Comparison of the monocular Humphrey visual field and the binocular Humphrey esterman visual field test for driver licensing in glaucoma subjects in Sweden

Authors: Marcelo Ayala
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| 27 September 2012

Changes in intraocular pressure after pharmacologic pupil dilation

Authors: Joon Mo Kim, Ki Ho Park, So Young Han, Kwan Soo Kim, Dong Myung Kim, Tae Woo Kim and Joseph Caprioli
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| 24 January 2015

Post-cataract endophthalmitis caused by multidrug-resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: clinical features and risk factors

Authors: Yinghong Ji, Chunhui Jiang, Jian Ji, Yi Luo, Yongxiang Jiang and Yi Lu
Content type: Research article
| 16 July 2015

23 Gauge pars plana vitrectomy for the removal of retained intraocular foreign bodies

Authors: Kemal Yuksel, Ugur Celik, Cengiz Alagoz, Huseyin Dundar, Burcu Celik and Ahmet Taylan Yazıcı

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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.

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Guangde Tu, BioMedCentral

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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

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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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AstigMATIC: an automatic tool for standard astigmatism vector analysis

Application of biodegradable collagen matrix (Ologen™) implants in Dacryocystorhinostomy surgeries, a randomized clinical study

Effectiveness of binocularity-stimulating treatment in children with residual amblyopia following occlusion

Brittle cornea syndrome: a case report and review of the literature

Unilateral retinoblastoma with contralateral isolated choroidal Melanocytosis: case report of an unexpected presentation

Characterization of macular thickness changes in Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy by optical coherence tomography

Comparison of the monocular Humphrey visual field and the binocular Humphrey esterman visual field test for driver licensing in glaucoma subjects in Sweden

Changes in intraocular pressure after pharmacologic pupil dilation

Post-cataract endophthalmitis caused by multidrug-resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: clinical features and risk factors

23 Gauge pars plana vitrectomy for the removal of retained intraocular foreign bodies

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