简介:AIM:Todeterminetheclinicalfeatures,diagnosisandtreatmentoftheprimarySjogrensyndrome(SS)relatedopticneuritis.METHODS:Theclinicaldataof8patients(12eyes)withprimarySSrelatedopticneuritiswereanalyzedretrospectively.RESULTS:Eightof128consecutivepatientswithopticneuritisresultedfromvariedcausesfulfilledthediagnosticcriteriafortheprimarySS.Theypresentedinitiallywiththesignsandsymptomsofnon-specificopticneuritis,and5patientspresentingwithoutdrynessshowedachronicinflammationofsubmandibularglandorparotidgland,andlymphocyteinfiltrationwasdemonstratedbylabialglandbiopsyin2patients.Therewereserumpositivetitersforanti-SjogrensyndromeA(SSA)in7patientsandanti-SjogrensyndromeB(SSB)in8patients.Anti-aquaporin-4(AQP4)antibodywasnegativeinallthe8patients.Bothglucocorticoidsandimmunosuppressiveagentwereadministered,andvisualacuityelevatedin8eyes(66.7%),3patients(37.5%)recurredinthefollow-up.CONCLUSION:PrimarySSrelatedopticneuritisislesscommonandeasilymisdiagnosed.Theconventionaltherapiesforopticneuritiscouldnotcontroltherecurrence.
简介:Leber'scongenitalamaurosis(LCA)andrecentgenetherapyadvancementfortreatinginheritedretinopathieswereextensiveliteraturereviewedusingMEDLINE,PubMedandEMBASE.Adeno-associatedviralvectorswerethemostutilisedvectorsforoculargenetherapy.Conephotoreceptorcellsmightuseanalternatepathwaywhichwasnotreliantoftheretinalpigmentepithelium(RPE)derivedretinoidisomerohydrolase(RPE65)toaccessthe11-cisretinaldehydechromophore.Researcheffortsdedicatedontheprogressionofagene-basedtherapyforthetreatmentofLCA2.Suchgenetherapyapproacheswereextremelysuccessfulincanine,porcineandrodentLCA2models.TherecombinantAAV2.hRPE65v2adenoassociatedvectorcontainedtheRPE65cDNAandwasreplicationdeficient.ItsinvitroinjectionintargetcellsinducedRPE65proteinproduction.Thegenetherapytrialsthatweresofarconductedforinheritedretinopathieshavegeneratedpromisingresults.PhaseIclinicaltrialstocureLCAandchoroideremiademonstratedthatadeno-associatedviralvectorscontainingRPEgenesandphotoreceptorsrespectively,couldbesuccessfullyadministeredtoinheritedretinopathypatients.AphaseIIItrialispresentlyongoingandifsuccessful,itwillleadthewaytoadditionalgenetherapyattemptstocuremonogenic,inheritedretinopathies.
简介:Aim:ToverifywhetherpartialintraoperativeTenon'scapsuleresection(PTCR)withadjunctiveMitomycinCiseffectiveindevelopingthin,avascularblebsineyesundergoingAhmedglaucomavalveinsertionandtoassesstheefficacyandsafetyofthisprocedure.Methods:ThisstudywasconductedinfourLatinAmericacountries(Argentina,Brazil,ColombiaandPeru).AhmedglaucomavalveimplantinsertionwithPTCR(groupA)andwithoutPCTR(groupB)wasperformedinneovascular
简介:AIMTo在Descemet的家根据厚度评估视觉尖酸和endothelial房间密度剥去自动化endothelialkeratoplasty(DSAEK)在外科以后的年。