August 2004

American Academy of Ophthalmology

August 2004 Ophthalmology journal

SAN FRANCISCO—Studies from the August 2004 issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:

Prevalence of Open-Angle Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension in Latinos: The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study
Prevalence of Lens Opacities in Latinos: The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study
Prevalence of Ocular Diagnoses Found on Screening 1539 Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Long-term Outcomes in Asians after Acute Primary Angle Closure
Acute Primary Angle Closure: Configuration of the Drainage Angle in the First Year after Laser Peripheral Iridotomy
Changes in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness after Acute Primary Angle Closure
Low Incidence of Iris Pigmentation and Eyelash Changes in 2 Randomized Clinical Trials with Unoprostone Isopropyl 0.15%
Retinal Venous Pulsation in Glaucoma and Glaucoma Suspects
Bleb-Associated Endophthalmitis: Clinical Characteristics and Visual Outcomes
Impact of Cataract on the Results of Frequency-Doubling Technology Perimetry
Detection of Undiagnosed Glaucoma by Eye Health Professionals
Laserinterferometric Assessment of Pilocarpine-Induced Movement of an Accommodating Intraocular Lens: A Randomized Trial
Long-term Effects of Mitomycin C in Pterygium Surgery on Scleral Thickness and the Conjunctival Epithelium
Penetrating Limbo-keratoplasty for Granular and Lattice Corneal Dystrophy: Survival of Donor Limbal Stem Cells and Intermediate-Term Clinical Results
Influence of Donor Storage Time on Corneal Allograft Survival
The Giant Fornix Syndrome: An Unrecognized Cause of Chronic, Relapsing Grossly Purulent Conjunctivitis
Corneal and Conjunctival Toxicity from Hydrogen Peroxide: A Patient with Chronic Self-induced Injury
The Emotional Impact of Amblyopia Treatment in Preschool Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Orbital Irradiation for Graves' Ophthalmopathy: Is It Safe? A Long-term Follow-up Study
Muscle Surgery in Patients with Graves' Disease Using Topical Anesthesia
Droperidol and Dolasetron Alone or in Combination for Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting after Vitrectomy
Photodynamic Therapy with Verteporfin for Symptomatic Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy: One-Year Result of a Prospective Case Series
Lack of Fundus Autofluorescence to 488 Nanometers from Childhood on in Patients with Early-Onset Severe Retinal Dystrophy Associated with Mutations in RPE65
Retinotopic Mapping of the Visual Cortex Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Patient with Central Scotomas from Atrophic Macular Degeneration
Milder Ocular Findings in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Type 3 Compared with Those in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Type 1

To receive a copy of these studies, please contact the media relations unit at the American Academy of Ophthalmology at 415-561-8534, [email protected].

The American Academy of Opthalmology is the world's largest association of eye physicians and surgeons—Eye M.D.s—with more than 27,000 members.