VERSURA P.

This report describes a case of a 72-year-old Caucasian woman presenting with a large neurotrophic keratitis with a large persistent epithelial defect, with a longest linear diameter of 7 mm and greatest perpendicular width of 5 mm, affecting epithelium, Bowman membrane, and anterior stroma. Corneal disease was resistant to conventional...

Purpose: To evaluate ocular surface (OS) parameters recovery in intolerant contact lens (CL) wearers after a period of discontinuation. Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of data from 87 intolerant CL wearers who had discontinued their use for an average period of 12 weeks because of associated discomfort and failure to successfully...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of visual loss in western countries, it has no cure, and its incidence will grow in the future, for the overall population aging. Albino rats with retinal degeneration induced by exposure to high-intensity light (light-damage, LD) have been extensively used as a model of AMD to...