This study investigated the long-term ophthalmological consequences of cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD). Cross-sectional study, tertiary referral setting. Thirteen adults with cyanotic CHD (40 ± 4 years). Age- and sex-matched healthy controls underwent aspects of the protocol. Cyanosed subjects had a full
To establish a murine model for keratoprosthesis. A miniature keratoprosthesis (m-KPro) device was created consisting of a poly[methyl methacrylate] front part and a titanium back plate, designed after the Boston KPro, which is in widespread clinical use. BALB/c mice were
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of cigarette smoking in otherwise healthy young individuals on retinal blood flow (RBF) and vascular reactivity (RVR). An automated gas flow controller (RespirAct) was used to achieve normoxic hypercapnia in
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, 307(1), G16-G23 (2014-05-17)
Individuals with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) harbor a germline mutation in adenomatous polyposis coli (APC). The major clinical manifestation is development of multiple colonic tumors at a young age due to stochastic loss of the remaining APC allele. Extracolonic features
Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 29(7), 612-618 (2013-06-06)
To compare the pharmacokinetics (PKs) of intravitreally injected bevacizumab in vitrectomized versus nonvitrectomized control rabbit eyes. Twenty-five-gauge pars plana vitrectomy without lensectomy was performed in 17 right rabbit eyes (V) and 18 nonvitrectomized right rabbit eyes served as controls (C).