PROSPECTIVE TRIAL OF HOME OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY-GUIDED MANAGEMENT OF TREATMENT EXPERIENCED NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION PATIENTS.

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of home optical coherence tomography (OCT)-guided patient management on treatment burden and visual outcomes.

Methods: An interventional trial was conducted to compare frequency of treatment and visual acuity for the neovascular age-related macular degeneration patients before and during use of home optical coherence tomography over a period of 6 months. Patient adherence to regular scanning was measured by the number of scans performed per week.

How to evaluate bone tunnel widening after ACL reconstruction - a critical review.

Background: Comparing different imaging modalities and methods for assessment tunnel widening after ACL reconstruction and providing a detailed evidence-based literature overview.

Methods: PubMed was searched from 1970 to 2016 using the terms "ACL reconstruction" and "tunnel" and "imaging" or "CT" or "computerized tomography" or "MRI" or "magnetic resonance imaging" or "radiographs". 647 studies were found.

The trend of parasitic diseases among the population of Osjecko-baranjska County during the period 1996-2010--Croatia.

Our manuscript shows infestation of the different population (by age groups, and by sex) with endoparasites and ectoparasites from 1996 till 2010, through seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter).Parasitological examinations which were done at "Public health Institute" of Osjecko-baranjska county, and which were done at total of 3667 patients, were the methods of direct parasitological diagnostic for proof of parasitic elements in clinical samples, and the methods of indirect parasitological diagnostic, serological examination for proof of antibodies to antigens in the serum of the patients or of the asymptomatic parasite carriers. Development of causers of the diseases (parasites) is depending on the season.

TGFβ (transforming growth factor β) and keratocyte motility in 24 h zebrafish explant cultures.

Fish keratocytes are used as a model system for the study of the mechanics of cell motility because of their characteristic rapid, smooth gliding motion, but little work has been done on the regulation of fish keratocyte movement. As TGFβ (transforming growth factor β) plays multiple roles in primary human keratinocyte cell migration, we investigated the possible involvement of TGFβ in fish keratocyte migration. Studying the involvement of TGFβ1 in 24 h keratocyte explant allows the examination of the cells before alterations in cellular physiology occur due to extended culture times.

Is the clinical picture of Schnitzler syndrome always Schnitzler syndrome?

Here we present two cases, a female and a male patient with Schnitzler-like syndrome. Both patients had two major (monoclonal gammopathy and chronic urticaria) and almost all minor symptoms (e.g.