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Aging Is Not a Disease: Distinguishing Age-Related Macular Degeneration from Aging

Publication date: Available online 9 August 2013
Source:Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
Author(s): Daniel Ardeljan , Chi-Chao Chan
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a disease of the outer retina, characterized most significantly by atrophy of photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium accompanied with or without choroidal neovascularization. Development of (Read more...)

Arginase in Retinopathy

Publication date: Available online 3 July 2013 Source:Progress in Retinal and Eye Research Author(s): S. Priya Narayanan , Modesto Rojas , Jutamas Suwanpradid , Haroldo A. Toque , R. William Caldwell , Ruth B. Caldwell Ischemic r…

The complex interactions of retinal, optical and environmental factors in myopia aetiology

Publication date: November 2012
Source:Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, Volume 31, Issue 6
Author(s): D.I. Flitcroft
Myopia is the commonest ocular abnormality but as a research topic remains at the margins of mainstream ophthalmology. The concept that most myopes fall into the category of ‘physiological myopia’ undoubtedly contributes (Read more...)

Herpes keratitis

Publication date: January 2013Source:Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, Volume 32 Author(s): A.M. Rowe , A.J. St. Leger , S. Jeon , D.K. Dhaliwal , J.E. Knickelbein , R.L. Hendricks Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) infects the m…

Optical plasticity in fish lenses

Publication date: May 2013
Source:Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, Volume 34
Author(s): Ronald H.H. Kröger
In a typical fish eye, the crystalline lens is the only refractive element. It is spherical in shape and has high refractive power. Most fish species have elaborate color vision and spectral sensitivity (Read more...)

Macular telangiectasia type 2

Publication date: May 2013
Source:Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, Volume 34
Author(s): Peter Charbel Issa , Mark C. Gillies , Emily Y. Chew , Alan C. Bird , Tjebo F.C. Heeren , Tunde Peto , Frank G. Holz , Hendrik P.N. Scholl
Macular telangiectasia type 2 is a (Read more...)