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After 24 months of treatment with oral minocycline, participants showed no significant decrease in lesion enlargement rate. Mild and moderate AEs were also common.
Study shows cardiac surgery patients have lower vascular and structural parameters in the optic nerve hypoplasia and macula compared to open-angle glaucoma patients.
Study also found demographic disparities, with higher risk profiles among women and Asian and Native American individuals, while Black patients may be underrepresented in prevalence data.
Conducted in China, this research indicated taller and heavier individuals had greater axial length and flatter corneas—but no corresponding increase in refractive error.
Recent research determined the relationship exists in this direction only—the ocular conditions don’t affect chances of developing this autoimmune disease.
This approach could provide a more comprehensive understanding of disease-related changes and potentially aid in establishing appropriate care for patients.
The current law on the books does not require explicit enumeration of every privilege and procedure, giving optometrists there more autonomy to evolve their skillsets and offerings as the profession grows.
Study shows that en face reflectance maps of the nerves may provide a way to perform mass screenings to detect undiagnosed patients at greatest risk of severe visual impairment.