DETROIT OPHTHALMOLOGICAL CLUB

Rethinking Detroit∗†

We study the urban structure of the City of Detroit. Following several decades of decline, the city’s current urban structure is clearly not optimal for its size, with a business district immediately surrounded by a ring of largely vacant neighborhoods. We propose a model with residential externalities that features multiple equilibria at the neighborhood level. In particular, developing a resi...

Congenital dysfibrinogenemia: fibrinogen Detroit.

A 17 yr old female with a congenital bleeding disorder was found to suffer from dysfibrinogenemia. Whole blood and plasma coagulation times were delayed and thrombelastograms were grossly abnormal. Clottability of plasma fibrinogen by addition of thrombin was not demonstrated during the 30 min test period. Fibrinogen was revealed by turbidometric and immunologic techniques. Other coagulation fa...

Depression in ophthalmological patients.

INTRODUCTION Vision is the most important sensorial part of the human information system. Visual loss leads to reduced ability to perform routine activities of daily living and can be a risk for stable mental health. AIM The aim of this cross-sectional study is to assess the incidence of depression in patients treated in an ophthalmological outpatient clinic. To our knowledge this is the firs...

Ophthalmological Complications of Favism.

To the Editorial Committee of the BRMSH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY SIRs,-I read with interest the article of Choremis, Joannides, and Kyriakides on " Severe Ophthalmological Complications following Favism" (Brit. J. Ophthal. (1960) 44, 353). Since the authors state that "such complications were encountered for the first time and no information was found in the literature", I should like to refer ...

Some neuro-ophthalmological observations.