Online Patient Resources for Birdshot Uveitis: How Readable are These Resources?

Purpose: Birdshot uveitis is a rare ophthalmic condition that can be challenging to control. The readability of online patient resources may impact the management of patients with birdshot. Thus, we examined the readability of online patient resources and identified differences in readability among sources and sections of websites.

Menkes' syndrome: ophthalmic findings.

Purpose: To report the prevalence and clinical significance of ocular findings in 20 patients with Menkes' syndrome recruited for a clinical trial at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD).

Design: Retrospective observational case series.

Participants: Twenty patients with Menkes' syndrome enrolled in a clinical trial at the NICHHD, who underwent ophthalmic evaluation at the National Eye Institute from 1990 through 1997.