...Mehmet Citirik; Canan Altunkaya; Dilek Soba; Tolga Bicer; Huseyin Ustun Purpose: To assess the alterations in conjunctival impression cytology following 23-gauge transconjunctival sutureless versus conventional pars plana vitrectomy. Patients and Methods: Sixty consecutive patients were enrolled...

...M. Rolando; F. Terragna; G. Giordano; G. Calabria Impression cytology was used to study the ocular surface of 32 eyes with keratoconjunctivitis sicca. Among these eyes, on the basis of the results of the Schirmer I test, two groups of eyes have been identified. The first group with Schirmer test...

... an impression cytology technique) was performed; 5 patients were examined during and the others after treatment. Actinic conjunctivitis and keratitis, observed during treatment, reappeared within a few months after the end of radiotherapy. At a threshold dose of 25 Gy, chronic nuclear changes and cellular...

.... Methods: Twenty MNG patients who had undergone near total thyroidectomy were evaluated pre- and postoperatively at the end of the 3rd month and the 1st year by performing tear function tests and conjunctival impression cytologic analysis. These results were compared with the results of 15 healthy...

... for visual acuity and central corneal thickness by corneal and conjunctival biomicroscopy, Schirmer and tear break-up time (BUT) tests. Impression cytology was performed in the superior/temporal, inferior/nasal quadrants of the conjunctiva, 1 mm from the limbus, with cellulose acetate filter paper...

...Barbara Cvenkel; Alojz Ihan Purpose: To investigate the expression of inflammatory markers HLA-DR in impression cytology specimens from patients receiving topical antiglaucoma monotherapy. Methods: Impression cytology specimens were obtained from patients taking no topical medication (n = 13...

... mapping technique. Cytologic maps obtained after the investigation of impression cytology specimens were evaluated according to the groups. The results were as follows: 12 6 2002 © 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel 2002 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved...

...Avni Murat Avunduk; Mustafa Cihat Avunduk; Hidayet Erdöl; Zerrin Kapicioglu; Nurettin Akyol Purpose: To investigate the possible effects of topical cyclosporine eye drops 2% (CsA) on conjunctival immune cells obtained by impression cytology technique and to determine the clinical relevance...