Effect of corticosteroids on cataract formation

HW Skalka, JT Prchal - Archives of Ophthalmology, 1980 - jamanetwork.com
• While the cataractogenic effects of corticosteroids are beyond dispute, disagreement exists
concerning effects of total dose, intensity of dose, and duration of administration on cataract …

Effect of age on Arden grating acuity.

HW Skalka - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1980 - bjo.bmj.com
Arden grating test scores were obtained for 100 normal subjects under standardised testing
conditions. While previously published ranges of interocular conguity were corroborated, a …

Hereditary pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy.

HW Skalka - American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1979 - europepmc.org
A father and son with pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy demonstrated the
classical fundus appearance of bilateral sharply circumscribed patches of retinochoroidal …

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: cellular impairments and their implication for carrier detection

JT Prchal, AJ Carroll, JF Prchal, WM Crist, HW Skalka… - 1980 - ashpublications.org
A family in which two male siblings were affected with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) was
studied using G-6-PD isoenzymes as an X-linked marker in order to investigate the nature of …

Presenile cataract formation and decreased activity of galactosemic enzymes

HW Skalka, JT Prchal - Archives of Ophthalmology, 1980 - jamanetwork.com
• One hundred forty-seven patients, 144 with advanced cataract formation, had
determinations of erythrocyte galactokinase and galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase …

Comparison of Snellen acuity, VER acuity, and Arden grating scores in macular and optic nerve diseases.

HW Skalka - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1980 - bjo.bmj.com
Patients with various macular and optic nerve abnormalities underwent Snellen acuity,
transient VER acuity, and Arden grating testing. Snellen acuity was the coarsest of the 3 …

Association of presenile cataracts with heterozygosity for galactosaemic states and with riboflavin deficiency

JT Prchal, ME Conrad, HW Skalka - The Lancet, 1978 - Elsevier
Red cells and the lens of the eye are nonnucleated cells; moreover, they have metabolic
similarities. Cataracts develop in childhood in homozygotes for galactosæmic abnormalities …

Cataracts and riboflavin deficiency

HW Skalka, JT Prchal - The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1981 - Elsevier
Lenticular reduced glutathione, diminished in all forms fo human cataract, requires flavin
adenine dinucleotide as a coenzyme for glutathione reductase. Deficiency of riboflavin, a …

Gas chromatographic analysis of lens monosaccharides

M Tomana, JT Prchal, LC Garner… - The Journal of …, 1984 - translationalres.com
Gas-liquid chromatography was employed to determine free monosaccharides in human,
rat, and South American rodent Octodon degu lenses. In addition to d-glucose, d-fructose …

Improvement of siderotic ERG

F Kuhn, CD Witherspoon, H Skalka… - European journal of …, 1992 - journals.sagepub.com
For fear of endophthalmitis and siderosis, ferrous intraocular foreign bodies are usually
removed as soon as they are discovered; markedly reduced, siderotic ERG changes are …