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| | Fuch's Dystrophy |
 | | If corneal blisters develop, soft bandage contact lenses can provide some pain relief. | | | Corneal edema may develop to the point were the surface epithelium forms blisters that intermittently rupture, causing sharp pain - a condition termed ' | | | Statistically, half of the members of a family may be affected ; however, the expression of severity is variable and visual acuity may or may not be disturbed. |
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http://www.wa-eyemd.org/W_Fuch's_corneal_dystrophy.htm
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| | Corneal Endothelial Microscopy |
| | Corneal endothelial microscopy is considered medically necessary as a pre-operative test before intra-ocular surgery (i.e., cataract surgery) in order to identify individuals at risk for post-surgical corneal decompensation for individuals who meet the criteria listed below. | | | Corneal endothelial microscopy is used by ophthalmologists as a predictor of success of ocular surgery or certain other ocular procedures. | | | Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider if you have questions regarding a medical condition or treatment. |
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http://www.bcbst.com/MPManual/Corneal_Endothelial_Microscopy.htm
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| | Non-ulcerated corneal discorneal |
| | If a corneal ulcer is present, it will be treated with topically applied antibiotics and atropine to prevent infection and relieve pain. | | | Oral Rimadyl® may be given for pain relief to dogs with corneal ulcers. | | | The reason that success rates have been low includes the fact that the dog's cornea vascularizes more readily that the human cornea which promotes rejection (vascularization and scarring) of the graft. |
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http://home.flash.net/~anmleyz/cornea.htm
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| | eMedicine - Corneal Edema, Postoperative : Article by Michael Taravella, MD |
| | Bandage contact lenses may be useful as an adjunct to medical treatment for the temporary relief of corneal pain and discomfort. | | | It is very important to identify and counsel patients at risk for developing corneal edema at the time of cataract or other intraocular surgery. | | | Directly touching the endothelium during cataract surgery with instruments, nuclear fragments, or the intraocular lens should be avoided. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/oph/topic64.htm
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| | Age-related changes in the corneal endothelium of the rat. |
| | Age-related changes in the corneal endothelium of the rat. | | | These age-related changes correspond closely to those reported in the human cornea from approximately age 20 to age 70 years. | | | The corneal endothelium may be found useful as an index of physiological aging in these and other mammals. |
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http://www.arclab.org/medlineupdates/abstract_7140858.html
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| | The development of improved systems for the clinical specular microscopy in vivo has strongly contributed to the study and to the comprehension of the physiopathology of the corneal endothelium [1-2]. | | | This is in the aim to grant to the doctor an effective procedure able to supply the required real time support in clinical diagnostic. | | | MORPHY has been developed to give a real-time easy-to-use tool to the doctor in order to deal with an useful support in clinical diagnostic. |
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http://www.cirlab.uniroma2.it/cnn/cnn_morphy.html
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| | Cornea |
| | Various refractive eye surgery techniques change the shape of the cornea in order to reduce the need for glasses or otherwise improve the refractive state of the eye. | | | Corneal stroma (also substantia propria); a thick, transparent middle layer responsible for most of the focusing that the cornea performs. | | | Corneal endothelium : a simple squamous or low cuboidal epithelium, an inner lining acting as a barrier to prevent water inside the eyeball from moving into and hydrating the cornea, which would lead to blurred vision. |
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/cornea
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| | Fluorophotometry and the Cornea |
| | A new method for determining corneal epithelial barrier to fluorescein in humans. | | | Rogova NA, Badalova EIU, Krupko LA. Scanning photometry in the dynamics of experiment keratitis. | | | Comparative study of three methods of evaluation of the corneal endothelium in pseudophakic patients: fluorophotometry, specular microscopy and pachymetry. |
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http://www.ocumetrics.com/cornea.shtml
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| | bcec |
| | Recent experiments focus on the study of the Na pump and factors that alter pump number and function. | | | Corneal transplantation is the only available method for restoring sight when the endothelium is sufficiently compromised. | | | Under pathological conditions, water balance may be disrupted resulting in corneal swelling, opacity, and if not reversed, blindness. |
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http://bioweb.wku.edu/faculty/Crawford/bcec.html
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| | MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM BY MEANS OF SPATIAL POINT PATTERNS |
| | Keywords : Spatial point processes; corneal endothelium; point pattern descriptors; early diagnosis. | | | Images of this type of tissue can be characterized by two types of points: cell centroids and triple points associated with the apical intersections as it was proposed by Díaz. | | | This paper presents a method for detecting abnormalities in spatial arrangements of cells within any tissue that can be described by different sets of relevant points. |
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http://ejournals.wspc.com.sg/ijprai/16/1602/S0218001402001605.html
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| | Targeted gene transfer to corneal endothelium in vivo by electric pulse |
| | Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan | | | This targeted gene transfer method appears to have great potential for use in gene therapy for ocular diseases. | | | gene therapy; corneal endothelium; electroporation; wound healing; lacZ; viral vector |
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http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/gt/journal/v5/n10/abs/3300725a.html
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| | Leung, Mol Vis 2000; 6:15-23. |
| | The retrocorneal fibrous membrane (RCFM), first described by Fuchs in 1901 [1], has been observed in various clinical conditions associated with disease and damage to the corneal endothelium [2-4]. | | | This in vivo study confirms our in vitro model of endothelial mesenchymal transformation, in which corneal endothelial cells are transformed to fibroblasts that are responsible for fibrosis. | | | Since corneal endothelium was not present in the previous work [22], a direct comparison of the two studies may hamper the information obtained from these studies. |
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http://www.molvis.org/molvis/v6/a4
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| | Gray's Anatomy - The Tunics of the Eye - Yahoo! Reference |
| | Lymphatic vessels have not yet been demonstrated in it, but are represented by the channels in which the bundles of nerves run; these channels are lined by an endothelium. | | | Some of the fibers of this trabecular tissue are continued into the substance of the iris, forming the pectinate ligament of the iris; while others are connected with the forepart of the sclera and choroid. | | | This furrow has been named by Arthur Thomson 145 the sulcus circularis corneæ; it is bounded externally by the trabecular tissue already described as forming the inner wall of the sinus venosus scleræ. |
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http://messenger.yahooligans.com/reference/gray/225.html
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| | FDA Approves Implanted Lens to Correct Nearsightedness |
| | One potential concern raised by the study was the loss of endothelial cells in the corneas of patients who received the implants. | | | At this point, it is not known whether this loss will continue at the same rate, or what the long-term effect of this device on the cornea's health might be. | | | To minimize any potential long-term effects of the device on the corneal endothelium, FDA is requiring the labeling for the new lens to specify that it should be used only on patients whose corneal endothelial cells are dense enough to withstand some loss over time. |
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=13397
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| | Endothelium Dystrophy Fuchs Corneal Dystrophy Information |
| | This is not "medical advice" but only an average person who has Fuchs' Corneal Dystrophy relating what she has learned from the disease she has. | | | That's why many people with Fuchs' Corneal Dystrophy are "blinded" by car headlights at night, and have difficulty identifying people when the light is behind the person they're viewing. | | | I know that the usual reaction to being diagnosed with such a relatively unknown eye disease is shock, panic, and the strong desire for information about it. |
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http://www.fuchsinformation.cornealdystrophy.com/
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| | 1999 Training and Research Programs in Vision Science |
| | Our laboratory is using cell and molecular biology techniques to study the molecular basis for this limited division to determine whether proliferation could be transiently stimulated as a treatment for some forms of corneal endothelial dysfunction. | | | Identification of the PKC isoforms that stimulate proliferation of corneal endothelial cells and determination of their specific regulatory effects are early steps leading to possible pharmacologic stimulation of division in human corneal endothelium. | | | Currently a tissue culture model of rat corneal endothelial cells is being used for evaluation of the activity of specific PKC isoforms on relative proliferative activity. |
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http://www.eri.harvard.edu/htmlfiles/training/joyce.html
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| | Corneal Endothelium and Trabecular Meshwork Lab |
| | In both the cell types (i.e., trabecular meshwork and corneal endothelial), common focus is on the convergence of various signal transduction pathways which result in the regulation of actin cytoskeleton through phosphorylation of regulatory light chain of Myosin II (abbreviated as MLC). | | | In the corneal endothelium, we hypothesize that MLC phosphorylation decreases the barrier integrity at the posterior surface of the cornea and thereby impedes the stromal hydration control. | | | We are currently involved in two main research projects: |
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http://research.opt.indiana.edu/Labs/CornealEndothelium
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| | Faculty Publications 96 |
| | Joyce, N.C., Navon, S.E., Roy, S., and Zieske, J.D.: Expression of cell cycle-associated proteins in human and rabbit corneal endothelium in situ. | | | Fini, M.E., Parks, W.C., Rinehart, W.B., Girard, M.T., Matsubara, M., Cook, J.R., West-Mays, J.A., Sadow, P.M., Burgeson, R.E., Jeffrey, J.J., Raizman, M.B., Krueger, R.R., and Zieske, J.D.: Role of matrix metalloproteinases in failure to re-epithelialize after corneal injury. | | | Ksander, B.R.: Introduction of J. Wayne Streilein 1996 recipient of the Proctor medal. |
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http://www.schepens.org/faculty_publications_96.htm
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| | nutritional supplements and vitamins from Wassen |
| | Riley M. V., Physiologic neutralisation mechanisms and the response to corneal endothelium to hydrogen peroxide, CLAO J, 1990, Vol. |
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http://www.wassen.com/profres1/nutritional-supplements-Visio-Max.htm
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| | Immunology and Uveitis Service Publications Book Chapters |
| | Lack of Blood Group Antigen A on Human Corneal Endothelium. | | | In: Brightbill FS, editor, Corneal Surgery: Theory, Technique and Tissue, 3 | | | Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology: Section XVII, Chapter 332, 2 |
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http://www.uveitis.org/medical/pubs/chapters.html
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| | Evidence against aquaporin-1-dependent CO2 permeability in lung and kidney -- Fang et al. 542 (1): 63 -- The Journal of ... |
| | Additional comments follow, after which general issues with regard to aquaporin-mediated CO transport are discussed. | | | The exchange of CO between the air-space and erythrocytes in alveolar capillaries involves CO movement across the alveolar epithelium and endothelium, and the erythrocyte membrane, as well as CO diffusion through the lung interstitium and serum. | | | , J. Effect of AQP1 expression level on CO permeability in bovine corneal endothelium. |
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http://jp.physoc.org/cgi/content/full/542/1/63
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