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Mashup Score: 9Trends in Plasma Exchange Utilization in Optic Neuritis Hospitalizations in the United States - 2 day(s) ago
To report utilization trends of plasma exchange (PLEX) as well as sociodemographic and medical comorbidities associated with PLEX in the United States (US).
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Mashup Score: 53
A 66-year-old man without prior history of malignancy was evaluated for a firm, pink nodule on his left bulbar conjunctiva present for > 1 year. A, The lesion was 5×8 mm and neither fixed to the sclera nor involved the cornea. B, Excisional biopsy revealed bland, spindle-cells within a dense collagen matrix of the substantia propria, multiple dilated branching vessels, and absent myxoid elements. The spindle-cells were vimentin/CD34-positive and SOX10/STAT6-negative (C, brown indicates positive).
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Mashup Score: 19“Congenital Stationary Night Blindness: Structure, Function and Genotype – Phenotype Correlations in a cohort of 122 patients.” - 3 day(s) ago
To examine the molecular causes of Schubert-Bornschein (S-B) congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB), clinically characterize in detail, and assess genotype-phenotype correlations for retinal function and structure.
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Mashup Score: 3
Our findings suggest that although incident uveitis is rare in patients with cancer treated with anti–programmed death 1 (PD-1)/programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors, there is an increased risk in those with skin melanoma, warranting vigilant monitoring for uveitis in this subgroup.
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Mashup Score: 54Vascular Aneurysm in Persistent Pupillary Membrane - 3 day(s) ago
A 56-year-old woman with a catheter-related bloodstream infection complaining of floaters was referred for fundus examination to rule out endophthalmitis. A, On examination, no abnormality was detected, except for persistent pupillary membrane in the anterior chamber of her left eye, with vessels entering and forming an aneurysm. Numerous erythrocytes with blood flow were confirmed in the vessels. B, After mydriasis, persistent pupillary membrane was tightened and fixed in the center of the lens.
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Mashup Score: 39Automatic measurement and comparison of normal eyelid contour by age and gender using image-based deep learning - 4 day(s) ago
This study aimed to propose a fully automatic eyelid measurement system and compare the contours of both the upper and lower eyelids of normal individuals according to age and gender.
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Mashup Score: 68High Dose Rate Yttrium (90Y) Episcleral Plaque Brachytherapy for Iris and Iridociliary Melanoma - 5 day(s) ago
To describe a pilot study on the use of single-session, high-dose-rate, FDA-cleared, yttrium-90 (90Y) plaque brachytherapy for iris and iridociliary melanoma.
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Mashup Score: 8Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy with and without pathogenic variants of Norrin/β-catenin signaling genes - 5 day(s) ago
To determine the clinical characteristics of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) associated with or without pathogenic variants of the Norrin/β-catenin genes.
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Mashup Score: 12
A) To characterize the incidence of kidney failure associated with intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) exposure, and B) compare the risk of kidney failure in patients treated with ranibizumab, aflibercept, or bevacizumab.
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Mashup Score: 17
At baseline, visual acuity and the extent of vertical intraretinal fluid were predictive of better visual outcomes for 196 patients with diabetic macular edema who received tightly controlled treatment with 2mg intravitreal aflibercept injections.
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In the National Inpatient Sample database, 2000 -> 2020 PLEX used for #OpticNeuritis increased from 0.6% to 5.5%, used Western > Eastern US, median time to PLEX was 1 day /p admission. @Meditav063 @chenmayo #eyetwitter #NeuroTwitter https://t.co/7YTG5zwjyg https://t.co/8ZXAJY5qVm