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Clinical Ophthalmology: A Systematic Approach
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Ocular side-effects of systemic medication 21.1.Abstract:
1. Eyelids 2. Lacrimal Drainage System 3. Orbit 4. Dry Eye Disorders 5. Conjunctiva 6. Cornea 7. Corneal and Refractive Surgery 8. Episclera and Sclera 9. Lens 10. Glaucoma 11. Uveitis 12. Ocular Tumours 13. Retinal Vascular Disease 14. Acquired Macular Disorders 15. Hereditary Fundus Dystrophies 16. Retinal Detachment 17. Vitreous Opacities 18. Strabismus 19. Neuro-ophthalmology 20. Ocular side-effects of systemic medication 21. Trauma Indexread more
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Prevalence and clinical spectrum of hypertensive retinopathy among hypertension clinic patients at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Malawi.
Petros Kayange,Markus Schulze Schwering,Markus Schulze Schwering,Chatonda Manda,Isaac Singini,Vincent Verson Phillip Moyo,Johnstone Kumwenda +6 more
TL;DR: Hypertensive retinopathy is very common in patients attending the hypertension clinic at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, and this may be a reflection of sub-optimal blood pressure control in this patient population.
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Interobserver reliability when using the Van Herick method to measure anterior chamber depth.
TL;DR: The Van Herick score has a good interobserver reliability for Grades 1 and 4; however, Grades 2 and 3 require further tests such as gonioscopy or ocular coherence tomography.
Retinal image analysis with shearlets
TL;DR: This paper proposes a method for segmenting blood vessels in retinal images based on the shearlet transform with an appropriate mother function, the mexican hat wavelet, to detect precisely structures of different widths.
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Schirmer Tear Test 2 and Tear Break-Up Time values in a South African young black adult population
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a method to solve the problem of "uniformity" and "uncertainty" in the context of health care, and propose a solution.
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Clinical characteristics of keratoconus patients at the University of KwaZulu-Natal eye clinic
Shishka Rupnarain,Nomvelo Madlala,Ntokozo Memela,Simpiwe Ngcobo,Nonkazimulo Shabalala,Naseera Simjee,Nonkululeko Gcabashe,Nishanee Rampersad +7 more
TL;DR: Karatoconus presents at an early age with a more severe grade and it is most commonly managed using rigid contact lenses, which should be considered for keratoconus screening, diagnosis and treatment programmes in KwaZulu-Natal.