PURPOSE To report the incidence, clinical features and natural course of central serous chorioretinopathy (CSR) in pregnant women in Kuwait. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients were actively recruited from a private maternity hospital. Out of the 17,000 pregnant women who visited the antenatal care clinics (Al-Orf Hospital, Kuwait) over 3 years, 900 had visual complaints. Patients with visual comp...

BACKGROUND hip fractures are an increasing source of morbidity and mortality in older people. The role of visual function tests such as visual impairment, stereopsis, contrast sensitivity and visual field defects in low fragility hip fractures in Asian populations is not well understood. OBJECTIVE to determine the association between various visual function tests and low fragility hip fractur...

PURPOSE To assess the prevalence of refractive errors in Möbius sequence. METHODS This study was carried out during the Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Möbius Society in November 2008. Forty-four patients diagnosed with the Möbius sequence were submitted to a comprehensive assessment, on the following specialties: ophthalmology, neurology, genetics, psychiatry, psychology and dentistry. Forty...

Trabalho realizado no Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Baltimore (MD) USA. 1 Fellow in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore (MD) USA. 2 Livre Docente, Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Oftalmologia da Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP São Paulo (SP) Brasil. 3 Professor at the Wilmer Ophthal...