... and controls, suggesting that the microbiome is implicated in AMD onset and progression, being a link between AMD and nutrition/diet. Additionally, specific bacterial classes have been proposed as potential biomarkers for AMD diagnosis. Further randomized clinical studies with a large sample are needed...

... childhood, although adult cases have also been described. In this review, we make an update of the literature about Coats’ disease, emphasizing on diagnosis and treatment, including the most recent treatment modalities, i.e. anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents. On examination, ophthalmoscopy...

... associated with an alteration of the blood-retinal barrier. Fluorescein angiography has been critical for detecting macular edema and currently remains the ‘gold standard’ for its diagnosis by identifying the characteristic stellar pattern of cystoid macular edema, also providing a qualitative assessment...

...Yasuhisa Ishibashi The first Acanthamoeba keratitis was found in 1974, and the first Japanese case was reported in 1988. We devided the clinical features to three stages, and described clinical features in each stage. Diagnosis was suspected from clinical history and features, and definite...

... from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Optic nerve head Reliability Variability Diagnosis Image analysis Laser Confocal laser Characteristic changes in the optic disk are an important diagnostic sign of progressive glaucoma...