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ALPHARETTA, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Clearside Biomedical, which develops drug therapies to treat diseases of the eye, to present at the International Ocular Inflammation Society meeting Sept. 25-27, 2015, in San Francisco.

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A 72-year-old Armenian woman was referred to the oculoplastics clinic at the New England Eye Center for evaluation of bilateral ptosis. She noticed gradual onset of drooping eyelids over the course of many years.The patient’s medical history was significant only for medically well controlled hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. She was pseudophakic and had lattice corneal dystrophy. Of note, two of her children had lattice corneal dystrophy. Her brother and two children also had similar ptosis. She denied trauma, eye rubbing or chronic contact lens wear. She had no other infectious, neoplastic or inflammatory conditions or risk factors.

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Welcome to CEDARS-ASPENS Debates, a monthly feature in Ocular Surgery News.CEDARS (Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery Society) and ASPENS (American Society of Progressive Enterprising Surgeons) is a joint society of cornea, cataract and r…

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Globally, congenital cataracts account for 5% to 20% of blindness in children, and these numbers differ in various countries. In the U.S., the prevalence of visually significant infantile cataract was estimated to be three or four per 10,000 live birth…

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The European Society of Ophthalmology is contributing to the development of strategies to implement fellowships across continental Europe and gradually harmonize subspecialty training.The results of the European Board of Ophthalmology (EBO) Surgical Sk…

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