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Br J Ophthalmol 2004;88:853 doi:10.1136/bjo.2004.jul04atag
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      SARS CORONAVIRUS IS FOUND IN TEARS

      Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a recently described disease that has a significant worldwide impact both in mortality and economic morbidity. Loon and coworkers have demonstrated in a series of 36 consecutive patients that in some cases tear samples can be used to confirm SARS. There are important implications for this research. Firstly, the ability to detect and isolate the virus from tears may turn out to be an important diagnostic tool. Secondly, many healthcare workers are in close proximity to the eyes of patients and this may be a source of spread among them. Further research on SARS and its involvement in and around the eyes is warranted. See p 861

      VARIATIONS IN THE USE OF ANTIMETABOLITES IN GLAUCOMA SURGERY

      The wound healing response is the single most important determinant of the final intraocular pressure after glaucoma surgery. The increase in the antimetabolites to …

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