purpose : to review epidemiological aspects of uveitis in asia and compare it with few major reports from outside of this continent methods : we have reviewed 522 articles concerning the causes and patterns of uveitis and 22 major epidemiology reviews, registered from 1962 to 2009 in medline-database. we have selected 7 major reviews from asia and compared it with five major articles from afric...

PURPOSE To describe immunohistopathological findings in autosomal dominant neovascular inflammatory vitreoretinopathy (ADNIV). METHODS An enucleated eye specimen from a patient with Stage V ADNIV was examined using standard histopathological methods and lymphocyte markers. RESULTS A c.731T>C CAPN5 mutation resulted in a p.Leu244Pro substitution in calpain-5. The eye showed exudative retinal...

BACKGROUND Hydronephrosis is a common congenital condition. The detection of fetal hydronephrosis by ultrasound presents a treatment dilemma. This study aims to examine postnatal follow-up and treatment for hydronephrosis diagnosed prenatally. MATERIAL AND METHODS This was a retrospective study of 210 infants with hydronephrosis diagnosed at the Qilu Hospital (Shangdong, China) between January ...

BACKGROUND We assessed the relationship of body mass index (BMI), smoking, drinking and solid fuel use (r; SFU), and the individual and combined effects of these factors on wheezing symptoms (WS) and on diagnosed asthma (DA). METHODS We analysed 175 000 individuals from 51 nationally representative surveys, using self-reports of WS and DA as the measures of asthma. The fixed-effects and rando...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the article was to report on the long-term follow-up of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) cases secondary to punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC) either treated with photodynamic therapy (PDT) or followed without treatment. A comprehensive review of existing literature on the various treatment modalities is incorporated. METHODS Nine eyes of 8 female patients with CNV d...

purpose: to evaluate the role of anxiety in idiopathic acute anterior uveitis. methods: in this case-control study, three groups including 30 patients with uveitis, 30 patients with conjunctivitis, and 30 healthy controls were enrolled for estimating the anxiety level by employing zung anxiety assessment and a structured clinical interview. t test and chi square test were used for statistical a...