BACKGROUND Sclerochoroidal calcification is an unusual ocular condition that is believed to be idiopathic in most cases. OBJECTIVES To describe the clinical manifestations of sclerochoroidal calcification and to investigate its possible systemic associations. METHODS This noncomparative consecutive case series included patients diagnosed as having sclerochoroidal calcification based on clin...

IT is widely accepted that the physiological activity of alkaloidal eye preparations results from the penetration through the cornea of the free base portion rather than of the ionic form of the alkaloid (Cogan and Kinsey, 1942; Cogan and Hirsch, 1944; Swan and White, 1942). Therefore, the smaller the pKb value of the alkaloid, the fewer free base particles will be available for drug action at ...

shwaehman syndrome, next to cystic fibrosis, is the second cause of congenita! exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in children. it appears as steatorrhea, recurrent infections and hematologic abnormalities such as neutropenia, skeletal dysplasia and short stature. in this study, we reviewed 3 patients' histories. all of them showed cellular chemotaxic defect. one of them had been affected by neph...

]T is well known that the cornea will swell if excised and placed in an aqueous solution, and the attention of many investigators has been turned to the reason for its unswollen state in the normal eye. It is generally accepted that the explanation lies in the properties of the limiting membranes of the cornea and various theories have been propounded as to the mechanism of their action. Leber ...

poisoning remains a major cause of hospital admission into the emergency department and intensive care unit. proper diagnosis is the cornerstone for optimal management of poisoned patients. since the definitive analytical confirmation of the nature of the toxicant involved in the poisoning cannot be rapidly obtained in the majority of healthcare facilities, diagnosis relies on the medical histo...

klinefelter syndrome includes a group of chromosomal disorders with at least one  additional  x  chromosome  in  male  karyotype  (46,xy).  up  to  now, different dental manifestations such as taurodontism, congenital absence of permanent teeth, shovel incisors, occlusal anomalies and increased permanent tooth size have been reported. a case of klinefelter syndrome with very rare dental feature...

It is a great pleasure to introduce Dr. Marie Burns, this year’s Cogan Awardee. As of July 1 this year, Marie will be Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Center for Visual Sciences at UC Davis. She has risen through the ranks very quickly, having joined UC Davis as a beginning Assistant Professor only in 2001. She graduated as valedictorian from Susquehanna University in 1992 and rec...