To review challenges in the diagnosis and management of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK),
along with prognostic factors, in order to help ophthalmologists avoid misdiagnosis …

Pseudoexfoliation is a ubiquitous syndrome of multifactorial origin affecting elderly people
by increasing the risk of cataract and secondary glaucoma development. Despite modern …

The cornea actively maintains its own avascular status to preserve its ultimate optical
function. This corneal avascular state is also defined as “corneal angiogenic privilege” …

Background Preliminary data show that nerve growth factor (NGF) may improve tear
production in humans. We evaluated the efficacy of topical NGF treatment in dogs who …

Purpose The role of uveitis, an uncommon ocular disease, is often neglected in research
and treatment of autoimmune conditions. The study described the spectrum of uveitis at a …

Purpose Elevated intraocular pressure is a crucial pathologic event for the development of
glaucoma (GL). We have reported that nerve growth factor (NGF) reaches retinal cells and …

NGF is implicated in retinal damage regression. To study whether this is a direct effect or an
effect mediated by NGF on other endogenous biological mediators, we investigated the …

Purpose To determine long-term results of vitrectomy for lamellar macular holes (LMH). To
evaluate how the type of lamellar macular hole (tractional vs. degenerative) and the …

Background Several therapeutics have been proposed for neurotrophic keratitis, but no
direct comparison among different approaches is available. Objective To compare treatment …

Purpose: To assess the ocular surface in volunteers who consider themselves as healthy, in
order to evaluate how para-inflammatory mechanisms fail with age, and thus investigate the …