Wilson disease is a pathology because of a gene mutation causing malfunction in the copper excretion from the organism. Therefore, copper accumulation in the human body gives rise to oxidative processes. Hence, Wilson disease causes several disorders including affecting tissues and organs. Neurological disorders leads to copper accumulation in the human body. Approximately 95% of individuals wi...

The primary objective of the Orbital Recovery System (ORS) is to provide low-cost lifetime extension for nearly fueldepleted operational geostationary telecommunication satellites. The concept is to have the ORS approach the client satellite in GEO, dock with it and provide attitude and orbit control services over a period of several year. The development of ORS is carried out as a public-priva...

AIM To examine the occurrence of commonly known clinical signs of keratoconus (KC), i.e. Fleischer ring, prominent corneal nerves and thinning, among unaffected family members of KC patients and healthy control individuals. METHODS Data of both eyes of 117 relatives of KC patients having no manifest disease based on videokeratography indices (KC relatives), and 142 controls were used for Pear...

Vítor Lopes-dos-Santos, Stefano Panzeri, Christoph Kayser, Mathew E. Diamond, and Rodrigo Quian Quiroga Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil; Centre for Systems Neuroscience, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom; Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems @UniTn, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto, Italy; Max Planck Institute for Biol...

Financial Disclosure: None. Correspondence: Dr Shields, Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, 840 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (mvenditto @shieldsoncology.com). Funding/Support: Support provided by the Paul Kayser International Award of Merit in Retina Research, Houston, Tex (Dr J. Shields), Macula Foundation, New York, NY (Dr C. Shields), the Noel T. and Sara L. Simmonds Endowment ...

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