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Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a progressive photoreceptor and retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) degeneration that begins as a night vision loss, resulting in narrowing of the visual field and legal blindness. RP is a heterogeneous genetic disorder, affecting 1/3000- 8000 people worldwide. RP is the
Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive dying of retinal ganglion cells, axonal loss and damage to the optic nerve. This leads to a gradual loss of the visual field, and in the final stage to blindness. High intraocular pressure is considered to be the main risk factor
T1. Objective and hypotheses Acute heart failure (AHF) is associated with the disorders of peripheral perfusion, leading to injury of many vital organs. Consequently, each episode of AHF can have a form of multiple organ failure with potential injury and dysfunction of skeletal muscles; however,
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Aim 1: Establish the infrastructure, protocol, and procedures for recruiting, screening, enrolling, and maintaining a sample of 30 adults (both younger adults and older adults) with major depression in a 12-week exercise intervention. The primary aim is to establish both feasibility
The AWARE study is a multicenter prospective observational study designed to achieve the following three goals:
1. Establish the first international pediatric AKI registry to describe in detail the epidemiology and outcome of AKI in different pediatric and cardiac ICUs around the world.
2. Validate
Lung cancer is the most common cancer type worldwide, with more than 1.1 million annual deaths. There are two types of the disease, namely non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), with the first accounting for 85% of the total number of cases. The 5-year survival across
Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) and cataract constitute important causes of visual impairment in patients with diabetes mellitus. Cataract surgery in patients with diabetic retinopathy is associated with progression of both retinopathy and maculopathy in nearly 23-57% of cases, thus affecting the final
Introduction Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty has been shown as a relatively safe and effective treatment modality for lowering IOP in various forms of open-angle glaucoma (Latina et al). It lowers IOP by increasing aqueous outflow through its effect at cellular level possibly either (1) through
Uveitis, an intraocular inflammatory disease, is the cause of about 10 percent of visual impairment in the United States. Uveitis may lead to many sight-threatening conditions, including cataract, vitreal opacities, glaucoma, and, most commonly, cystoid macular edema. Reduction of swelling or edema