INTRODUCTION To evaluate the cosmetic results and recurrence of unilateral frontalis sling surgery using a silicone rod compared with autogenous fascia lata in cases of simple congenital ptosis. METHODS This is a retrospective comparative study of 59 patients who underwent a frontalis sling operation for congenital ptosis. Patients were divided into two groups according to the sling material ...

Mechanisms that maintain species isolation within sympatric congeners have attracted analysis in many kinds of organisms, but not in snakes. We studied two sibling species of amphibious sea snakes (Laticauda colubrina and L. frontalis) on the island of Efate, in the Pacific Ocean republic of Vanuatu. The two taxa are almost identical morphologically, except that L. colubrina grows much larger t...

OBJECTIVE To compare a recently developed immunoprecipitation assay (IPA) to the mouse protection bioassay (MPB), currently considered the "gold standard", for detecting antibodies against botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) and to correlate these assay results with clinical responses to BTX-A injections. METHODS MPB and IPA assays were performed on serum samples from 83 patients (38 non-responders, 45...

BACKGROUND Silicone rod is a commonly used synthetic suspension material in frontalis suspension surgery to correct blepharoptosis. The most challenging problem and a decisive drawback of the use of silicone rod is a considerable rate of ptosis recurrence after surgery. We examined patients with recurred ptosis and assessed the physical and micromorphological properties of implanted silicone ro...

A DNA clone containing a putative enolase gene was isolated from a genomic DNA library of the anaerobic fungus Neocallimastix frontalis. It was deduced from sequence comparisons that the enolase gene was interrupted by a large 331 bp intron. The enolase gene, termed enol, has an ORF of 1308 bp and encodes a predicted 436 amino acid protein. The deduced amino acid sequence shows high identity (7...

Dendroctonus frontalisZimmermann is considered one of themost important economic and ecological forest pests in the United States, Mexico, and Central America. Recently, two apparent morphological variants of this species were discovered occurring syntopically in Central America and southern Mexico. Morphotype A beetles lack a series of Þne parallel ridges on the episternal area of the prothora...

The changes provide an interesting example of Hyperostosis frontalis interna referred to by pathologists as the Morgagni-Stewart-Morel syndrome.

one of his opinions drawn from them is supported by the following case which was admitted during the last month at the General Hospital. Mr. Hutchinson states in the report referred to that " it is only when the side of the no^e is affected that any serious inflammation of the eye ensues." The scars produced by the disease remain for life, and show well how it must have been arranged and tile c...

1. Bark beetles and their predators are useful systems for addressing questions concerning diet breadth and prey preference in arthropod natural enemies. These predators use bark beetle pheromones to locate their prey, and the response to different pheromones is a measure of prey preference. 2. Trapping experiments were conducted to examine geographic variation in the response to prey pheromone...

PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical outcome of frontalis sling operation using preserved fascia lata with modified direct tarsal fixation in congenital ptosis patients. METHODS Forty-seven congenital ptosis patients (60 eyes) who underwent a frontalis sling operation using preserved fascia lata with modified direct tarsal fixation method between March 2001 and December 2008 with a mean follow-up...