An evaluation of the change in activity and workload arising from diabetic ophthalmology referrals following the introduction of a community based digital retinal photographic screening programme

Autor: S Carter, B Harney, C Foy, D Ratiram, Peter H Scanlon

Aims: To determine how the workload of an ophthalmology department changed following the introduction of an organised retinal screening programme. Methods: Information was collected from the hospital medical record of people with diabetes attending e

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2004.060723

Frisby Davis distance stereoacuity values in visually normal children

Autor: W. E. Adams, Helen Davis, Michael P. Clarke, S Richardson, John P. Frisby, Susan Hrisos

Publikováno v: British Journal of Ophthalmology. 89:1438-1441

Aims: To establish the range of normal distance stereoacuity in young children using the Frisby Davis distance stereotest (FD2). Methods: Children passing preschool vision screening assessments underwent measurement of distance stereoacuity with the

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2005.071761

Incidence and severity of keratoconus in Asir province, Saudi Arabia

Autor: Abdullah Ali Assiri, Paul J. Murphy, Andrew J. Quantock, B. I. Yousuf

Publikováno v: British Journal of Ophthalmology. 89:1403-1406

Aim: To assess the incidence and associated signs and symptoms of patients with keratoconus in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia. Methods: 125 new keratoconus patients (51 male, 74 female; mean age 18.5 (SD 3.8) years; range 8–28 years) were recruited fr

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2005.074955

Abnormal prion protein in the retina of the most commonly occurring subtype of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Autor: Alexander Peden, Diane Ritchie, James W. Ironside, Mark Head, Helen Yull, Richard Bonshek, Andrew B Tullo

Publikováno v: Head, M W, Peden, A H, Yull, H M, Ritchie, D L, Bonshek, R E, Tullo, A B & Ironside, J W 2005, ' Abnormal prion protein in the retina of the most commonly occurring subtype of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease ', British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 89, no. 9, pp. 1131-3 . https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2004.063495

Background: Involvement of the eye has been reported in patients with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), but there is disagreement on whether retinal involvement occurs in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). Methods: Western blotting, p

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2004.063495

Gorlin syndrome: the PTCH gene links ocular developmental defects and tumour formation

Autor: Alison Salt, A Michalski, J R O Collin, Nicola K. Ragge, P A Farndon

Publikováno v: British Journal of Ophthalmology. 89:988-991

Aim: To identify a gene linking microphthalmia with cyst with early onset medulloblastoma. Methods: Mutation analysis of the PTCH gene. Results: A mutation in exon 10 of the PTCH gene was identified, confirming a diagnosis of Gorlin syndrome. Conclus

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2004.061390