Table of contents

Original Articles

Clinical science

• Variation in indications for cataract surgery in the United States, Denmark, Canada, and Spain: results from the International Cataract Surgery Outcomes Study (1 October, 1998)

  Jens Christian Norregaard, Peter Bernth-Petersen, Jordi Alonso, Elaine Dunn, Charlyn Black, Tavs Folmer Andersen, Mireia Espallargues, Lorne Bellan, Gerard F Anderson
• Laser scanning tomography of localised nerve fibre layer defects (1 October, 1998)

  Reinhard O W Burk, Anja Tuulonen, P Juhani Airaksinen
• Vertical cup/disc ratio in relation to optic disc size: its value in the assessment of the glaucoma suspect (1 October, 1998)

  David F Garway-Heath, Simon T Ruben, Ananth Viswanathan, Roger A Hitchings
• Does raised intraocular pressure begin in utero? (1 October, 1998)

  A J E Foss, A Rauf, A Aihie Sayer, J R Evans, C Cooper, R P L Wormald, D J P Barker
• Ocular contact time of a carbomer gel (GelTears) in humans (1 October, 1998)

  Clive G Wilson, Ya Ping Zhu, Malcolm Frier, L S Rao, Peter Gilchrist, Alan C Perkins
• Treatment of common ocular allergic disorders; a comparison of lodoxamide and NAAGA (1 October, 1998)

  D Denis, E Bloch-Michel, P Verin, A Sebastiani, M Tazartes, L Helleboid, A Di Giovanni, M Lecorvec
• Conjunctival impression cytology for vitamin A deficiency in the presence of infectious trachoma (1 October, 1998)

  T M Lietman, S P Dhital, D Dean
• Correlation between surface water contamination with amoeba and the onset of symptoms and diagnosis of amoeba-like keratitis (1 October, 1998)

  William D Mathers, John E Sutphin, James A Lane, Robert Folberg
• Internal resection of posterior uveal melanomas (1 October, 1998)

  Peter J Kertes, Jeremy C Johnson, Gholam A Peyman
• Role of chemotherapy alone or in combination with hyperthermia in the primary treatment of intraocular retinoblastoma: preliminary results (1 October, 1998)

  C Levy, F Doz, E Quintana, H Pacquement, J Michon, P Schlienger, P Validire, B Asselain, L Desjardins, J M Zucker
• Frequency of asymptomatic choroidal metastasis in patients with disseminated breast cancer: results of a prospective screening programme (1 October, 1998)

  Thomas Wiegel, Klaus Martin Kreusel, Norbert Bornfeld, Dirk Bottke, Margot Stange, Michael H Foerster, Wolfgang Hinkelbein
• Phenotype of a British North Carolina macular dystrophy family linked to chromosome 6q (1 October, 1998)

  Martin B Reichel, Rosemary E Kelsell, Joseph Fan, Cheryl Y Gregory, Kevin Evans, Anthony T Moore, David M Hunt, Fred W Fitzke, Alan C Bird
• Prophylactic laser treatment in early age related maculopathy reduced the incidence of exudative complications (1 October, 1998)

  C Frennesson, S E G Nilsson
• Videofunduscopy and videoangiography using the scanning laser ophthalmoscope in Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada syndrome (1 October, 1998)

  Annabelle A Okada, Tsuyoshi Mizusawa, Jun-ichi Sakai, Masahiko Usui

Laboratory science

• Lens epithelial cell regression on the posterior capsule with different intraocular lens materials (1 October, 1998)

  Emma J Hollick, David J Spalton, Paul G Ursell, Milind V Pande
• Analysis of effects of stimulation in vitro of ovalbumin primed lymph node cells on adoptive transfer of experimental immune mediated blepharoconjunctivitis in Lewis rats (1 October, 1998)

  Hironori Yoshida, Osamu Yoshida, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Koji Nishino, Masatsugu Hashida, Atsuki Fukushima, Hisayuki Ueno
• Treatment of uveitis with recombinant human interleukin-13 (1 October, 1998)

  François G Roberge, Marc D de Smet, Jacques Benichou, Martin F Kriete, James Raber, John Hakimi
• Possible role for nitric oxide releasing nerves in the regulation of ocular blood flow in the rat (1 October, 1998)

  Paul A T Kelly, Christine H Buckley, Isobel M Ritchie, Colm O’Brien