In response to the letter by Chen et al, we disagree with many of their assumptions and statements. We respond point-by-point to their concerns. In our published study, endophthalmitis was defined by the presence of positive intraocular cultures in a…
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We appreciate the opportunity to respond to the letter by Coupland and Damato regarding our 2012 article. Contrary to their claim, the gene expression profile (GEP) prognostic test for uveal melanoma has undergone much greater validation than any other…
Molecular Analysis of Uveal Melanoma
Onken et al report a prospective evaluation of a gene expression profiling (GEP)-based assay, designed around 15 genes, that assigns uveal melanoma (UM) to 2 prognostic subgroups: Classes 1 and 2, which respectively are associated with low and high ris…
August 2012 Cover Photo Is Not Coats’ Disease
We were interested to see the cover photo on the August 2012 edition of Ophthalmology showing a fluorescein angiogram with findings attributed to macular telangiectasia type 1 (Coats’ disease). The wide field fluorescein angiogram very nicely demonstra…
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We appreciate the interest of Heindl et al in our recent article in which we report the presence of ciliary body lymphatics in all melanoma eye cases studied. Our group was the first to identify lymphatics in the ciliary body of the normal human eye. T…
Risk of Lens Opacity in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
I read the paper entitled “Risk factors for incident cortical, nuclear, posterior subcapsular, and mixed lens opacities: the Los Angeles Latino Eye Study” with interest. The same authors also reported a population-based, cross-sectional study targe…