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  1. Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is a newly developed imaging quantitative technique for analysis of choriocapillaris (CC) flow changes, thereby exploring the pathological mechanism of chronic c...

    Authors: Juejun Liu, Changzheng Chen, Lu Li, Yishuang Xu, Zuohuizi Yi, Lu He and Hongmei Zheng
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:402
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:445

  2. The quality of life can be impacted negatively by blindness arising from cataract. The total prevalence of blindness in Kenya is estimated at 0.7%, however cataract contributes almost half (43%) of the total b...

    Authors: Shadrack Muma and Stephen Obonyo
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:401
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  3. Paclitaxel (PTX) is an antineoplastic drug widely used in treatments for ovarian, breast, and small-cell lung cancer. Although ocular effects associated with PTX have been previously described, very few studie...

    Authors: Amardeep Sekhon, Jeff Y. F. Wang, Johnson C. H. Tan, Simon P. Holland and Sonia N. Yeung
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:400
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  5. Here we report a case of traction retinal detachment (TRD) associated with congenital retinal vascular hypoplasia localized in the superotemporal quadrant that was treated with vitrectomy.

    Authors: Tomomi Miyamoto, Takatoshi Kobayashi, Teruyo Kida, Takaki Sato, Masanori Fukumoto and Tsunehiko Ikeda
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:398
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  9. To evaluate the correlations between lipid layer thickness (LLT) and morphology and function of the meibomian glands in patients who were diagnosed as meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) in different age groups.

    Authors: Junhua Li, Jiling Ma, Man Hu, Jianqin Yu and Yune Zhao
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:394
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  11. To investigate the clinical features of diabetic macular edema (DME) in eyes with pachychoroid phenotypes using multimodal retinal imaging.

    Authors: Kyungeun Kang, Hyungwoo Lee, Minsu Jang, Hyung Chan Kim and Hyewon Chung
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:392
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  12. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a chronic eye condition that leads to permanent vision loss in the central visual field. AMD makes reading challenging and inefficient. People with AMD often find it d...

    Authors: Jennifer Fortuna, Anne Riddering, Linda Shuster and Cassie Lopez-Jeng
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:391
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  13. The causal effects of plasma lipid concentrations and the risk of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) are still unclear. Thus, the purpose of this study was to identify, applying a two-sample Mendelian randomiz...

    Authors: Mengqiao Xu, Shengguo Li, Jundong Zhu, Dawei Luo, Weitao Song and Minwen Zhou
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:390
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  14. To compare the efficacy and safety of ab externo circumferential trabeculotomy (ECT) and canaloplasty on primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) patients with failed filtering surgery and intact schlemm’s canal (SC).

    Authors: Huaizhou Wang, Chen Xin, Ying Han, Yan Shi, Sarah Ziaei and Ningli Wang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:389
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  15. Nanophthalmos has a significant genetic background and disease-causing mutations have been recently been reported in the myelin regulatory factor (MYRF) gene. We report clinical features in a patient with nanopht...

    Authors: Joshua Hagedorn, Armin Avdic, Michael J. Schnieders, Benjamin R. Roos, Young H. Kwon, Arlene V. Drack, Erin A. Boese and John H. Fingert
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:388
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  17. Optic nerve (ON) invasion is an important high-risk feature, and an indicator for neoadjuvant chemotherapy and prognosis. We aim through this study to correlate the detected-ON invasion by Magnetic resonance i...

    Authors: Mohammed M. Abusayf, Hind M. Alkatan, Sahar Elkhamary, Saleh A. Almesfer and Azza M. Y. Maktabi
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:386
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  18. To report a rare case of pathologic myopia in which a choroidal neovascularization (CNV) induced a hemorrhagic macular hole retinal detachment (MHRD), and then both the CNV and MHRD disappeared simultaneously ...

    Authors: Taiju Ito, Tae Igarashi-Yokoi, Kosei Shinohara, Takeshi Yoshida and Kyoko Ohno-Matsui
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:385
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  19. To evaluate choroidal vascular changes, including choriocapillaris (CC) and middle/large choroidal vessels, in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients using wide-angle optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA...

    Authors: Chang Shen, Yang Li, Qian Wang, Yu-Ning Chen, Wei Li and Wen-Bin Wei
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:384
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  21. Varying degrees of macular ischemia generally occur in diabetic retinopathy (DR). This study aims to evaluate the effect of conbercept with 3+ pro re nata (PRN) on macular perfusion status in patients with dia...

    Authors: Ziyi Zhu, Youling Liang, Bin Yan, Zhishang Meng, Kejun Long, Yiwei Zhang and Jing Luo
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:382
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  22. Type 2 macular neovascularization (MNV) is supposed to be a rare condition in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The main purpose of this study was to assess accompanying factors of type 2 MNV in AMD.

    Authors: Daniel Ahmed, Martin Stattin, Anna-Maria Haas, Alexandra Graf, Katharina Krepler and Siamak Ansari-Shahrezaei
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:381
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:430

  23. The lacrimal ductal cyst (dacryops) is an uncommon clinical entity. It occurs anywhere that lacrimal gland tissue is present but most often appears as an expanding mass in the region of the lacrimal gland. The...

    Authors: Yu Zhang, Changhong Zeng, Ningshao Chen and Chunling Liu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:380
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  25. Mycobacterium haemophilum is a rare and emerging nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). It normally causes localized or disseminated systemic diseases, particularly skin infections and arthritis in severely immunocom...

    Authors: Punyanuch Pisitpayat, Tasanee Sirikul, Poonpilas Hongmanee, Pitak Santanirand and Kaevalin Lekhanont
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:378
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  26. Leber’s congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a known inherited retinal disease (IRD) associated with severe visual loss, nystagmus, amaurotic pupils, oculo-digital sign and markedly reduced or absent electroretinogra...

    Authors: Lagan Paul, Sumit Kumar, Shalini Singh and Tanya Jain
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:377
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  27. Ocular involvement may occur via several mechanisms in patients with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT) mainly chronic anemia, iron overload and iron chelator toxicity. We aimed to evaluate the frequenc...

    Authors: Sezaneh Haghpanah, Omid Reza Zekavat, Mohammadreza Bordbar, Mehran Karimi, Soheila Zareifar, Sanaz Safaei, Mani Ramzi and Hossein Ashraf
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:376
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  28. Side effects of the systemic drugs used to treat eyes are not common. Triplixam is used to treat systemic hypertension and contains amlodipine, indapamide and perindopril arginine as active ingredients which m...

    Authors: Ruta Jaruseviciene and Ginte Sirvydyte
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:375
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  30. The aim of the study is to evaluate the diagnostic ability of OCT parameters and retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) count in identify glaucomatous disease in myopic preperimetric eyes.

    Authors: Teresa Rolle, Beatrice Bonetti, Alberto Mazzucco and Laura Dallorto
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:373
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  31. The last visual survey of older adults in Hong Kong was a district-level study in 2002, with no assessment of behavioral and medical risk factors for visual impairment (VI). Our objectives were to determine th...

    Authors: Perseus Wing-Fu WONG, Jordy Kin-Pong LAU, Bonnie Nga-Kwan CHOY, Kendrick Co SHIH, Alex Lap-Ki NG, Ian Yat-Hin WONG and Jonathan Cheuk-Hung CHAN
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:372
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  32. The DRCR.net Protocol T clinical trial assessed the comparative efficacy and safety of anti-VEGF treatments including aflibercept, ranibizumab and bevacizumab in diabetic macular edema (DME). Post -hoc analyse...

    Authors: J. M. Ruiz-Moreno, F. de Andrés-Nogales and I. Oyagüez
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:371
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  33. Post-implantation visual outcomes in patients with the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis is dependent on a multitude of factors including the positioning of the electrode array on the retina. The purpose of this stu...

    Authors: Abhishek Naidu, Nimra Ghani, Mohammad Saad Yazdanie and Khurram Chaudhary
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:366
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  35. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) combined with penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) and transscleral-sutured intraocular lens (IOL) implantation (IOL-suture)...

    Authors: Takahiko Hayashi, Ida Yasutsugu, Toshiki Shimizu, Tsubasa Kuroki, Yuji Kobashigawa, Yasuhito Iijima and Kentaro Yuda
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:369
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  36. Valsalva retinopathy is known to occur as a sudden preretinal or sub-internal limiting membrane hemorrhage induced by a rapid rise in venous pressure following increased intrathoracic or intraabdominal pressur...

    Authors: Toshiya Miyaki, Teruyo Kida, Shou Oosuka, Masanori Fukumoto, Takaki Sato, Masayuki Nakajima and Tsunehiko Ikeda
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:368
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  37. A majority of multiple sclerosis patients experience visual impairment, often as the initial presenting symptom of the disease. While structural changes in the retinal nerve fiber layer and optic nerve have de...

    Authors: Landon J. Rohowetz, Qui Vu, Lilit Ablabutyan, Sean M. Gratton, Nancy Kunjukunju, Billi S. Wallace and Peter Koulen
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:367
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  41. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Hidenobu Tanihara, Takahiko Kakuda, Tetsuro Sano, Takashi Kanno and Ryoji Gunji
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:362
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:275

  42. Congenital cataract (CC) is a significant cause of lifelong visual loss, and its genetic diagnosis is challenging due to marked genetic heterogeneity. The purpose of this article is to report the genetic findi...

    Authors: Fan Fan, Yi Luo, Jihong Wu, Chao Gao, Xin Liu, Hengjun Mei and Xiyue Zhou
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:361
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  46. Eyemate® is a system for the continual monitoring of intraocular pressure (IOP), composed of an intraocular sensor, and a hand-held reader device. As the eyemate®-IO sensor communicates with the hand-held read...

    Authors: Azzurra Invernizzi, Shereif Haykal, Valeria Lo Faro, Vincenzo Pennisi and Lars Choritz
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:357
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  47. Sialidosis is a rare genetic lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficit of neuraminidase enzyme activity. Patients with sialidosis present various neurological disorders such as: myoclonic epilepsy and hyp...

    Authors: Settimio Rossi, Carlo Gesualdo, Antonio Tartaglione, Leonilda Bilo, Antonietta Coppola and Francesca Simonelli
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:356
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  48. Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) keratitis is a major cause of corneal blindness in the world, and an in-depth understanding of its pathogenesis may help improve existing diagnosis and treatment. The purpos...

    Authors: Hua Yang, Xiaozhao Yang, Yani Wang, Xuan Zheng, Yi Zhang and Yan Shao
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:355
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  49. The measurement of the pupillary function is an indispensable test in some eye examinations, being necessary the evaluation of the precision of instruments performing such measures. The aim of this study was t...

    Authors: David P. Piñero, Dolores de Fez, Inmaculada Cabezos, Alberto López-Navarro, María T. Caballero and Vicente J. Camps
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:354
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  50. Inaccurate biometry can lead to the wrong intraocular lens implantation and result in refractive surprise following cataract surgery. It is important to be sceptical of biometry results that do not match the r...

    Authors: Francis Carr and Vinod Gangwani
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:352
    Content type: Case report Published on:
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