Precision medicine and clinical ophthalmology

Precision medicine, technologies, and molecular diagnostics

Introduction: Genetics, cellular and molecular medicines are cutting-edge sciences and technologies that play an important role in improving human health and quality of life. In addition, medical and biological sciences have clearly shown that the onset of diseases differs from person to person due to their different genetic profiles and variations in molecular basis. Therefore, it is feasible ...

Ophthalmology and general medicine.

This ophthalmological perspective of general medicine attempts to deal with the more common situations encountered clinically in general ophthalmic practice. Some priority has been given to the clinical usefulness of data. A comprehensive review would involve a wide range of rare conditions and has not been attempted. However, some mention of rarities is made in the context of important diVeren...

Ophthalmology in Persian medicine

Despite the fact that ophthalmology is one of the foremost branches of medicine, conceptualization of the structure and function of the eye barely advanced in ancient Western civilizations. At the early recovery of Persian civilization (9(th) century AD) after the extinction of the Sassanid Empire (7(th) century AD), translations of Greek medical textbooks played an important role in the develo...

Clinical Ophthalmology

Correspondence: Kenya Yuki Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University school of Medicine, 35 shinanomachi, shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan Tel +81 3 3353 1211 ext. 62402 Fax +81 3 3359 8302 email [email protected] Purpose: To determine the free fatty acid levels in the sera of patients with normal-tension glaucoma and compare it with that of normal controls. Methods: Forty-four cons...

Introduction: complementary medicine in ophthalmology